No cold and paltry contest

Selected poems

by Brian Devlin


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Softcover
$19.99
E-Book
$4.99
Softcover
$19.99

Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 3/02/2025

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 162
ISBN : 9798369498682
Format : E-Book
Dimensions : N/A
Page Count : 162
ISBN : 9798369498675

About the Book

This book brings together many themes and invites the reader to join in a conversation with the poet about life’s many struggles, mercenary companies, travel, protecting important sites, the importance of romance and humour even when times are tough, seeing every day as an adventure, aiming for excellence, as well as dreaming of metamorphosis and a world without war. The title, No cold and paltry contest, is a stoic philosopher’s epithet about life. All profits from the sale of this book will be split and then donated to Rotary and Red Cross.


About the Author

Brian Devlin lives in the Northern Territory, Australia. A distinguished elder included him in the Gumatj clan through kinship adoption in 1979. Devlin published his first volume of poetry, Under the night sky, in 2023. He is currently an adjunct professor at Charles Darwin University, where his professional work has focused on bilingual education, the Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages, and remote, rural schooling in the Asia-Pacific area.