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"Luke Fischer has a seemingly effortless ability to blend visual detail and imaginative vision… His lines fall as calmly and elegantly as snow, layer upon layer, and they are just as transformative in their beauty." – Judith Beveridge
Luke Fischer is the author of the poetry collections Paths of Flight (Black Pepper, 2013) and A Personal History of Vision (UWAP, 2017), the monograph The Poet as Phenomenologist: Rilke and the New Poems (Bloomsbury, 2015), and the book of bedtime stories The Blue Forest (Lindisfarne Books, 2015). He is currently co-editing a volume on Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus and philosophy (Oxford University Press). Read more... |
A Personal History of Vision
"His second book of poetry shows Luke Fischer is outstanding among a new generation of Australian poets..." Robert Gray "...Fischer’s dedicated gaze meditates on the unexpected and miraculous in nature and opens doors towards celestial realms..." Ellen Hinsey "...In this new collection Fischer makes of poetry the sensitive, skilful translation of 'feeling’s contours'." Peter Boyle Read more... |
The Poet as Phenomenologist: Rilke and the New Poems"This is vital work for anyone concerned with poetry and the fate of the human.”
Richard Eldridge, Professor of Philosophy, Swarthmore College, USA "A substantial contribution both to Rilke scholarship and to phenomenological research.” Christoph Jamme, Professor of Philosophy, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany "[A] fresh reading of Rilke as a poet who evokes the world we are in and belong to, rather than are alienated from and trying to escape.” Times Literary Supplement Read more... |
Paths of Flight
"Luke Fischer’s poems startle me to wake again, to wake not only to the thriving details of the worlds surrounding us but to the power of language to reveal the music simmering and alive in every moment." Pattiann Rogers "Fischer writes with a rare combination of delicacy and strength. At the heart of this poetry is a gaze that renders things present to us in new ways..." Kevin Hart "Fischer is a strong poet, watching the delicate details of the natural world, gracefully gleaning their abstractions." Cordite Poetry Review Read more... |
The Blue Forest
The Blue Forest is a collection of seven imaginative bedtime stories—one story for each night of the week, and each tale featuring one of seven colours.
"A mesmeric collection of seven inconclusive stories that are meant to spark the imagination of a child who is subsiding into sleep ... Mysterious jewel-hued illustrations...reinforce the dreamlike quality of these short tales, which ideally should be read aloud softly, one each evening, just before lights out." The Wall Street Journal Read more... |