Abundance

“Andrew Lansdown is a prolific and highly regarded Australian writer across several writing genres. He has deeply committed himself to the art of poetry for more than four decades and is a master of many of its forms. He is also an acute and inspired observer of nature, as manifest in his exquisite haiku and tanka. His poetry constantly acknowledges the spiritual heart of the natural world.”


—Shane McCauley, poet and lecturer





“Andrew Lansdown writes poems from his love of life—of the natural world around us and its many fleeting moments and little creatures, of family life and love for his fellow man and his God. What delightful perceptions and lively presentations of reality! What inventiveness—often he uses Japanese ancient forms to present an Aussie perception. All with a delightful flint of inventive language through well-practiced craft!”


—Andrew Burke, poet





“Abundance is a very special selection from Andrew Lansdown’s widely published work, including some new and uncollected poems. These poems leave you richer, wiser, and deeply aware of the mysterious power of words. Andrew observes the world of animals, birds, insects, plants, and people with an artist’s eye and accomplished poet’s ear. The internationally acclaimed Australian poet, Les Murray, has declared Andrew Lansdown ‘one of our very best poets,’ and this new collection celebrates these words . . . in abundance.”


—Paul Grover, Editor, Studio journal, Australia