Comments on: Australia: Don’t Look Away

By: Juno Gemes

Juno Gemes — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:20:21 +0000

Hey All , Forrest you must know that Bob’s Mama used to say that Bob was” always loose with the truth”. Now that’s a heavy thing for a Mama to say. I’d really not agree with her. The question is more – what level/depth of truth are we about here?
Adamson does not swim, ever. I do. Nor does he often take swimmers out on the boat.
Birders always. Peter O’Leary you have to find his way here , that’s another truth.
Generally who ever goes out in the boat with us does return , unharmed by anything from the sea or air. We can guarantee a safe passage , if never an uneventful one.
As for Peter and Kate , they were sailing a good ship of their own, from one house to another , when last we heard. It’s just the vastness, the deep water and the tidal endlessness Forrest , which gives a miasma like mist to our adventures n’est pas?
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By: Forrest Gander

Forrest Gander — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:51:57 +0000

Hey Peter, Devin wrote and suggested Juno meant Peter Minter and the wonderful Kate Fagan. But now I’m wondering if it might have been a couple of poets we’ll never hear from again. Juno never said they got back into the boat. What IS down there, Bob?
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By: Peter O'Leary

Peter O'Leary — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:57:38 +0000

Hello Forrest/
I envy that trip to see Bob Adamson & the Hawkesbury, so real in my imagination from repeatedly riding across it in Bob’s incredible poems. But I’ve never been there; never been to Australia. (Not yet!) I’m guessing Juno was thinking of Devin Johnston & his wife Andrea Dunn when she thought of my name. (Devin has a terrific poem dedicated to Bob in his book Aversions.
The Golden Bird is one of the great books of poetry published in the past year – truly essential for anyone who cares about the fate of the poetry of the open field.
(Hello, Bob! If you happen to read this…)
Warm regards,
Peter
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