Hunting Song

Adam Lindsay Gordon was Australia's poet of the hunt, a man who lived the verses he wrote as jockey, police officer, and politician. "Hunting Song" captures the raw thrill of the chase, the thunder of hooves, and the bond between man and horse. It's a toast to every sportsman from stableman to lord, celebrating those who ride hard, live bold, and find poetry in pursuit. The verse pulses with movement and mateship, with lines that feel like a gallop across open country. This is not delicate nature poetry; it's visceral, earthy, full of wind and whiskey. Gordon wrote from experience, and you feel every moment of it. For readers who want verse with dirt under its fingernails, who crave poetry that moves as fast as a thoroughbred crossing the final fence, this is an Australian classic that still gallops.