Author(s): Natalie Cooke

Poetry

Evocative and playful by turn, Natalie Cooke’s first collection is preoccupied by Australian landscapes, what we look at in them and what we don’t. A diverse range of forms, from haiku to pattern poems, reflects on ‘palimpsest landscapes of overlay, erasure’ and the flora and fauna living there—including us. Finely drawn observations about magpies and mosquitos sit alongside musings on maps and modernist art in this exploration of our changing environment.