The return of David Campbell.(Hardening of the Light: Selected Poems)(Strike)(Letters Lifted into Poetry: Selected Correspondence between David Campbell and Douglas Stewart 1946-1979)(Book review)

Hardening of the Light." Selected Poems, by David Campbell, edited by Philip Mead; Indigo (Ginninderra Press), 2006, $20.

Strike, by David Campbell; Pandanus Books, 2006, $29.95.

Letters Lifted into Poetry: Selected Correspondence between David Campbell and Douglas Stewart 1946-1979, edited by Jonathan Persse; National Library of Australia, 2006, $29.95.

IN AUSTRALIA THERE SEEMS to be a mandatory exile of thirty years or so before a dead poet can be admitted to the "canon"--if he or she is to be admitted at all. It looks now as if David Campbell's waiting time is up. For many years there has been no collection of his poetry in print and his work ...