Miriel Lenore
Author's name:
Miriel Lenore
Author description:
Miriel Lenore worked as a geneticist and student counsellor before living in Fiji for twenty-two years. She likes to write themed poetry books which frequently reflect on the interrelation of people and places, past and present. A recipient of Arts Grants and Fellowships, she is a guest reader at festivals (including Adelaide Writers' Week) and conferences and her work has appeared as the subject of ABC PoeticA presentations. sun,wind and diesel featured poems about a Ngaanyatjarra community she visited for almost twenty years
Latest book:
In the Garden
Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 2007
This collection records scores of visits over twenty years to the Adelaide Botanic Garden, one of the poet's favourite places. Four sections describe and reflect on trees, flowers, structures and events within the Garden. History, myth, memory and botany are all evoked in clear and accessible free verse. Form and content match each other in spirit, the characteristic light touch enabling the trenchant observations to be more effective. Poems from the collection formed an exhibition, A Poet's Garden, in Autumn 2007 as part of the Garden's 150th anniversary celebration.
Sample bibliography:
The Lilac Mountain in Across the Gulf
Friendly Street Poets, Adelaide, 1992
Sun, Wind & Diesel
Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 1997
Travelling Alone Together: In the Footsteps of Edward John Eyre
Spinifex Press, Melbourne, 1998
Drums and Bonnets
Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 2003
The Dog Rock
Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 2004
Genres:
Poetry
Contact author:
Miriel Lenore
Email: mlenore@bigpond.com
Phone: (08) 8352 4021
Available for:
workshops, speaking engagements
The SA Writers' Centre is assisted by the South Australian Government through Arts SA, and the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory bodies.