Those interested in poetry as a spoken craft, and in the tone and accent of the poet, might find this of interest. Feedback is most welcome: simply email the author at editor@negativeentropy.net. 

This second edition adds several more published poems, and a reading of my poem, The Tree, to be published in Acumen 85, May 2016. “Turning Away is clearly a Renaissance man’s pamphlet. It’s thirty-two pages embrace at least six paintings, four great works of literature, quantum physics, theology, any of several species of eucalyptus and a network of Australian caves. 

I took a curious pleasure in the meticulous references, which are not even daunted by poetry in mid-flow ...” ( Chris Beaton, Sphinx 8, 2008 ). Keith McFarlane is Scots. He grew up in Dunblane, Perthshire, and holds a doctorate in physics. His interests, in addition to poetry, include the nuclear-power and petrochemical safety, democracy and the constitution, contemporary art and emerging artists, particularly in Africa. He lives & works in Amsterdam. 

Garry Duncan is Australian. He is well known as a painter and graphic artist. He is also an ecological activist, working to protect and restore the Mallee forests, the river-land and wetland ecologies of Victoria and South Australia. iBookStore ( FREE TO DOWNLOAD ): https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id599573187 .