G'day Celtaddict,

These days, there are vast numbers of specialised collections of new poetry ... and the 'traditional' favourites (Paterson, Lawson, Lindsay-Gordon ... &c, &c) have remained in print (even if often as facsimiles of earlier settings!).

I think that the best starting point for someone wanting to come in from the "folk tradition' end might be one of a few collections put together in the early flush of the "Australian Folk Revival" - the 1950s/'60s. I'll rat around my bookshelves, when I get home, to come up with a few good examples. I'll also run the same question past Eddie Sampson - a poetry reciter (far more than poetry writer) who comes along to my Monday Night Music Session ... to keep poetry in our minds as poems, not just source lyrics for songs!

Regards,

Bob