An epic meditation on mourning, loss and dispossession by a Lebanese-Palestinian poet.

This poetry collection uses horror movie references and tropes to disect sexual violence and its aftermath.

Screaming, crying, throwing up: this debut poetry is a hilarious and visceral exploration of selfhood, queerness and neurodivergence.

In this poetry collection, Coburn navigates the intricate dance between the light and shadow of selfhood.

Described as a “love story to the queer self”, Dress Rehearsals is a refreshingly confessional, enlightening and bold collection.

In this deeply personal and political collection, Saleh explores the experiences of three generations of her family, Arab-Australian Muslim women, moving between worlds.

In this beautiful and brutal poetry collection, the boundaries between animal and human, subject and object, hunter and hunted, are not as we think.

This diverse poetry collection by established poet Esther Ottaway does not shy away from exposing society’s stereotypes. Ottaway skilfully weaves lyricism and imagery into complex issues, health conditions and experiences, so each poem forms part of a much needed story.

Award-winning poet Susie Anderson’s collection of poems is a deeply evocative experience capturing marginalisation, connection and love.

In this engaging, experimental collection, Deo interrogates the effect that ecological collapse has on the self, language and civilisation.

Taylor-Johnson’s sixth collection explores climate change and the environment, the domestic sphere, the political injustices of the Trump era, chronic illness and the body.

Winner of the 2023 Stella Prize, this powerful and heartbreaking poetry collection explores Holland-Batt’s grief over losing her father to Parkinson’s.

Take a ride through Melbourne’s underbelly with Johnny Lock: a self-proclaimed paranoid narrator on his journey to becoming a street poet.

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Two poets. One year. 52 poems. This collection is an ode to a sense of survival and the discovery of the things that fuel us when the world goes dark.

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Hamel’s debut poetry collection revels in hilarity, awkwardness and contradictions.

With an inherent fearlessness, Duckor-Jones explores existentialism in both its largest and smallest forms.

Telling the story of a ski lodge bombing in upstate New York, Jordan weaves an intricate tale of love, gossip, urban myth and story-telling.

Eight more poetry titles to surprise, delight and excite you in 2022.