Presently my bookshelves house twenty-one anthologies of Australian Poetry and I reckon to have read twice that number in the period since 1970 when my serious interest began. Moreover, I’m aware of the same figure again that I have either disdained or neglected to consult; sixty-three claimant new assemblies of Oz Poetry in forty-two years, which is to say 1.5 per annum. While several take a theme (Religious, Family, World War One) and one or two have been annuals, each makes an identical pitch: Reader, we present you with this latest version of your Poetry scene. You will be convinced…