Top Lines from Australian Contemporary Poets

Top Lines is a collection of poems from 46 of Australia's best known and most promising poets selected to appeal to lower and middle secondary students. Finding poems which will interest and are relevant to students in Years 8 - 10 has always been a problem for English teachers. Developing effective and interesting poetry lessons is likewise not easy. Problems solved.
Who are the poets?
Robert Adamson, joanne burns, Grant Caldwell, Heather Cam, Hal Colebatch, Bruce Dawe, Geoffrey Dutton, Robert Gray, Myron Lysenko, Shane McCauley, Les Murray, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Marjorie Pizer, Elizabeth Riddell, Judith Rodriguez, Margaret Scott, Coral Hull, Christopher Kelen, Andy Kissane, Peter Kocan, Thomas Shapcott, Peter Skrzynecki, Colin Thiele, John Tranter
and many others, have chosen the poems they have written which they think will most appeal to students in years 8 - 10. The resulting collection covers a wide range of poetic forms, techniques and subjects.
'...a worthy acquisition as a class set...a useful source of otherwise unattainable material on every English teacher's bookshelf. "Top Lines Activities and Resources", to accompany the anthology is the most useful poetry-teaching resource I have seen in many years.' - The Australian English Teacher
Top Lines is accompanied by Top Lines Activities and Resources Book which provides teachers with information and ideas, including reproducible activity pages about: the poems, the poets, poetic inspiration, forms and structures, poetic language, techniques, analysis, and how to write a poem.
Top Lines Contents
Robert ADAMSON
- Gutting the Salmon
- My Granny
David BEACH
- Stuntman
- Railway Station Escalators
- joanne burns
- horizontal hold
- together
Mark BUTLER
- Beethoven once (for The Doctor)
- Letter to a dying man
Grant CALDWELL
- Hamburgerology
- Ozone But
Heather CAM
- That homemade garment
- How I come to own a black leather jacket with studs, zippers, snaps, and pockets galore
Hal COLEBATCH
- Casting off
- Grass stems at the Zoo
Bruce DAWE
- Interviewing a Poet
- Doctor to Patient
Geoffrey DUTTON
- The Stranded Whales
- Burning Off
Carolyn GERRISH
- Wearing Reeboks
- Fatal Attraction
Maureen GRANGER
- Family Funeral
- Jason to the Rescue
Jamie GRANT
- Daylight Moon
- Grandfather Clock
Robert GRAY
- Descent
- Currawongs
Susan HAMPTON
- Wax
- The Kitchen Of Aunty Mi And Aunty Pearl
Libby HATHORN
- Stories Grandmothers Tell
- Silicone Chick
Coral HULL
- King Browns, Taipans & Crocodiles
- stick insect
Dot JENSEN
- Hoyts
- Believer
- Help!
Jill JONES
- Like Dante in the library
- The man on the bus
Antigone KEFALA
- Prodigal Son
- The Lunch
Christopher KELEN
- When Is the Use of a Beach Necessary?
- Snow
Andy KISSANE
- Fancy Footwork
- Facing the Moon
Peter KOCAN
- The Fathers
- Written and Directed By ...
Martin LANGFORD
- Aussie
- The Disco
Tony LINTERMANS
- We Think We're Something
Myron LYSENKO
- She Ran Off with a One-legged Man
Billy MARSHALL-STONEKING
- Spirit Child
- Assimilation/Western Desert/ 1962-1974
Shane McCAULEY
- Baby Stick Insect
Peter McFARlANE
- Lullaby
- Hey Look Mum I'm on Telly
Les MURRAY
- The Rollover
- The Wedding at Berrico
Vera NEWSOM
- Fable
Oodgeroo NOONUCCAL
- A Song of Hope
- Last of His Tribe
Geoff PAGE
- Christ at Gallipoli
- Fledgling
Marjorie PIZER
- Monologue for Henry Lawson
Ron PRETTY
- Bald Hill with Gliders
- Turning Off
Brian PURCELL
- Morning in Tuscany
- Photographer
Elizabeth RIDDELL
- Here Lies
- The Letter
Judith RODRIGUEZ
- Poolfish
- The Big Girl
- The House By Water
Ian SAW
- Introduced Species
- You were making good time
Margaret SCOTT
- The Black Swans
- Shark
Kerry SCUFFINS
- Suburban Girls
- R.I.P. Rehabilitation in Prison
Thomas SHAPCOTT
- Portrait of Captain Logan
Jemal SHARAH
- Kristallnacht
Peter SKRZYNECKI
- Silky Oak
- Children on Swings
Colin THIELE
- Radio Telescope
- The Wire
John TRANTER
- Smoke
Lauren WILLIAMS
- My Right Leg
- My Grandmother Met My Grandfather
Year Level | Year 7, Year 8, Year 9, Year 10 |
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ISBN | 9781875695263 |
Subject | English |