Bruce Dawe: Poetry Bruce Dawe

A poet who energetically contemplated the world around him, Dawe wasn't just a devoted Australian wordsmith with a dream that his work would one day be analysed. He was a book full of ideas, complex ideas, often about the essence of life and...

Australian poet, Bruce Dawe, is renowned for the social commentary present in his poetic work, which so often addresses culturally sensitive societal themes. Dawe’s “Enter Without So Much as Knocking” (1962) follows the consumerist experiences of...