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Australian poetry classics: Kenneth Slessor’s Five Bells gives Sydney Harbour back its darkness

Australian poetry classics: Kenneth Slessor’s Five Bells gives Sydney Harbour back its darkness

Five Bells is an elegy for Kenneth Slessor’s friend Joe Lynch, an artist who drowned in Sydney Harbour in 1927 after falling from a ferry.

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Jeff Bezos says poetry without rhyming is easy – but it’s not that simple

Contrary to popular belief, poetry doesn’t have to rhyme – and rhyme is not a marker of quality, or ease. Some of the world’s most famous poetry...

28.05.2026 10

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The Queensland government has interfered with the state’s literary awards – again

Are judges of literary awards and fellowships now being asked to assess not just the work, but the writer too?

10.03.2026 20

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