Click on 'Coral Reveries: Pt 1 Darwinian Poetics' to access a PDF of the poems which are copyright Ian Irvine (Hobson) 2011, all rights reserved. For a WMA reading by the poet of these poems go to: The Epiphanies of Coral (recited/audio).  The poems pay homage to the natural lyricism evident in Darwin's 'creative' non-fiction style and try to capture something of the naturalist's voice by sampling/reworking meditating on key phrases by recombining elements in free verse form. 

 Dr Ian Irvine (Hobson) is the author of two novels, a book of poetry and an acclaimed nonfiction book on chronic forms of alienation and ennui. His works have featured in various Australian national writing anthologies as well as in over 100 journals and magazines. He has co-edited over 20 writing anthologies and has taught as a creative arts educator and sometimes course coordinator since 1994. He is the founder and chief songwriter of the alt. rock band Interstitium, and was also the lead singer and co-songwriter of Australian alt rock band "Goya's Child (Original)" before his departure in 1994.