The Diwan of Nawid

<p><em>The Diwan of Nawid</em> is like nothing else in Australian poetry-a spiritual text of sublime beauty in which we follow the struggles questionings and exhortations of Nawid a character you will come to love for the way in which he lays before us his intense search for inviolable truths. Nawid is an 'everyman' but with one remarkable difference-he is a first-rate poet whose work contains the devotion and open-minded sagacity of a modern-day Kabir.</p><p>-Judith Beveridge</p><p><br></p><p>Sometimes a new voice springs from a poet. It's not quite the poet's own (although it is) and it's not quite another's voice (although it is). The <em>Diwan of Nawid</em> is a memorable collection of poems in such a voice: tender witty puzzled consoling. It is unique in Australian poetry.</p><p>-Kevin Hart</p>