Poems

Selwyn began to write poetry on leaving the United Kingdom. Homage to Colonel Rainborough was published by the Omanawa Press in 1984; Being Determined by The Cornford Press, Launceston, Tasmania, 1990; Stirring Stuff, 99 poems, Sinclair-Stevenson, London, was launched at the Poetry Society rooms in Covent Garden in 1993; Lunar Frost, translations from the Tang and Song dynasties, Brandl & Schlesinger, Sydney, 2000; Letters & Characters, 2001, The Cornford Press. Two further collections are in circulation. He was awarded the Rome residency by the Literature Board of the Australia Council in 1999.

This is a selection from the many poems he wrote. Some have a recording of Selwyn reading, which is indicated.