'THE DEAR FOUR' | poetry | ISBN 978 1 764120029 | 102 pgs | Dec 2025 | $25 within Australia
Philosophical, wry and intimate, the poems of this
combined collection range across many places and
themes, reminding the reader of the complexity and ‘rich
simplicity’ of experience.
Through four distinctive voices, the poems illuminate
moments of recognition and understanding. They
investigate the dualities of life, the ‘parallel worlds’, and
they tell us of the interconnections of childhood, ‘the
sanctuary of memory’, nature, time and, most poignantly
in that ‘call to sleep, the tolling bell’, they remind us of
mortality.
(Adrienne Eberhard)
Robert Dessaix's launch speech | The Dear Four: Hobart, 14th December 2025