Green Shadows and other poems

GeraldMurnane turns to poetry at the end of his literary career, writing frank, disarmingpoems that traverse the rich span of his life.   I esteem / above all poems or passages of prose / those that put a lump in my throat. - Gerald Murnane, 'The Darkling Thrush' Gerald Murnane, now in his eightieth year,began his writing career as a poet. After many years as a writer of fiction, heonly returned to poetry a few years ago when he moved to Goroke, in the WesternDistricts of Victoria