Crimson Crop

Peter Rose

Crimson Crop is Peter Rose’s fifth poetry collection and his first since 2005. It has at its core a series of elegies, several about his late father Bob Rose, and contains new ‘Catullan’ poems - imitations of Catullus that Rose has been writing and publishing since the 1980s.

Parts I and III comprise individual poems, not specifically themed. Part II – the core of the book – comprises a series of elegies and ruminations on death. There are references to the death of Peter's father, Bob Rose (a respected Australian Rules footballer and coach), thus continuing the themes of Peter's bestselling memoir Rose Boys (2001).

Part IV comprises fifteen more themed poems in his ongoing series ‘The Catullan Rag’ - a series of satires and love poems in the manner of the great Roman satirist, Catullus. Peter's poetry collection ‘The Catullan Rag’ (1993) is notorious, in some circles, because of its satirising of literary life in Australia.

Awards

Won – 2012 Queensland Literary Awards (Judith Wright Calanthe Award for Poetry)
Shortlisted – 2013 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards (Poetry)
Shortlisted – 2012 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards (Poetry)

Praise for Crimson Crop:

Crimson Crop, his fifth volume of poetry establishes [Rose] as an indisputably important Australian poet.

THE AUSTRALIAN

The artefacts of a cultured life – fine music, art, great architecture – and the mundane seem juxtaposed through much of this enjoyable collection…Crimson Crop is a timely reminder of [Rose’s] powers. ★★★★

BOOKSELLER+PUBLISHER MAGAZINE

Book details

PUBLICATION DATE: 2012
FORMAT: Paperback
EXTENT: 96 pages
SIZE: 198 x 128 mm
ISBN: 9781742583907
RIGHTS: World
CATEGORY: Peter Rose, Poetry,