Robbie Coburn (Author of Ghost Poetry)

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Robbie Coburn

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Poetry, Young Adult

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Robbie Coburn is a contemporary Australian poet. His poems have been published widely in magazines and anthologies and his books include Ghost Poetry (2024), And I Could Not Have Hurt You (2023) and The Other Flesh (2019). His first verse novel, The Foal in the Wire, described as 鈥榓n astonishingly raw and beautiful verse novel about survival, love and the bonds between humans and animals from an important young Australian poet鈥�, will be published by Hachette Australia in 2025.

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	Ghost Poetry 4.32 avg rating — 25 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Other Flesh 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And I Could Not Have Hurt You 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rain Season 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Foal in the Wire 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Human Batteries 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blinding Narcissus 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Womb: A Poem in Dramatic Form it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mad Songs 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scar to Scar by Robbie Coburn (欧宝娱乐 Author), Michele Seminara (欧宝娱乐 Author) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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2 new haiku in Kokako

I鈥檓 very grateful to have two of my new haiku in New Zealand based journal Kokako. My sincerest thanks to the editors.

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“All distance finds loneliness in time.”
― Robbie Coburn

tags: distance, loneliness, longing

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“If I am ever to live, truly live, it will be for the second time inside a book.”
― Robbie Coburn

tags: books, literature

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“My love of literature has always sustained me; more than alcohol, drugs, psychiatry and medication ever have or will.”
― Robbie Coburn

tags: addiction-and-recovery, drugs-and-alcohol, literature

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“All distance finds loneliness in time.”
― Robbie Coburn

tags: distance, loneliness, longing

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“I blindly swallowed the days

the way a dog will run until it is lost

and I was never here

the medication, closer to nothingness

than ever being well.”
― Robbie Coburn

tags: addiction-and-recovery, depression, poetry

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“Books, both read and written, are my way of understanding, communicating with and navigating the horrific world around me.”
― Robbie Coburn

tags: books, literature

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“My love of literature has always sustained me; more than alcohol, drugs, psychiatry and medication ever have or will.”
― Robbie Coburn

tags: addiction-and-recovery, drugs-and-alcohol, literature

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“If I am ever to live, truly live, it will be for the second time inside a book.”
― Robbie Coburn

tags: books, literature

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