Believing, as Ezra Pound did, that real emotion is all that endures, Robert Gray has avoided "magic realism", whismy, irony and mannered tone in his poetry. Instead, his style is classically direct, clear and concrete, demonstrating an Augustan prefe...

With his poetry debut "Creek Water Journal" (1974), Robert Gray at once established his name as a highly original "imagist". Even Les Murray, who had until then staunchly refused to review the work of a contemporary was moved to declare: "Mr Gray has...