The things they carried on scooters

This anthology contains a wide range of poems. Some are fairly traditional in their technique; some are experimental. This is one of the features of a Prize that values poetry written in various ways and from a wide range of contemporary perspectives. At a time when the world is facing significant challenges centred on climate change and social and political instability, poets provide complex, sometimes chastening and often marvellous responses to what they know and experience.
The University of Canberra is strongly committed to poetry, and the way it enriches and enlivens national and international cultures, building bridges between people and celebrating the value of complexity. Research into poetry conducted by the University’s International Poetry Studies Institute (IPSI) continues to contribute the
worldwide understandings of the significance and value of poetry everywhere – in the past, now, and into the future. I invite readers to enjoy this fine anthology.