Jam Tree Gully

Winner of the 2013 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Best Poetry.

In this daring new collection, Australia's preeminent environmental poet confronts the legacy of Thoreau's Walden. With Walden as his inspiration, John Kinsella moved with his family back to rural Australia, where he wrote the poems in this original collection exploring the nature of our responsibility and connection to the land.from We Spend Days in This HouseWe spend days in this house but not nights.We have seen the early morning sunlightinfiltrate the eucalypts, sunset deflectedby acacias. We have sweltered at midday.We have walked every acre intimately.The kangaroos recognise us and linger.We spend days in this house but not nights.