A Dwelling Place in the World

Description

Anthony Mills’s second collection continues his exploration of the themes first encountered in Miracle of Days: joy, grief, loss and connection. The poems in A Dwelling Place in the World point to ways in which our exploration of these very human themes can enrich our understanding, and healing, of both ourselves and our interrelationships with those around us—with other human beings, with other species, and with the Earth itself.

In Anthony Mills’s second collection, we find poems grounded in a deep sense of compassion and in humanity’s profound yet fragile relationship with nature. Each poem is finely crafted—remarkable for both its precision of language and its eloquent and poignant imagery. Throughout the poems—whether a joyous paean to his young granddaughter, a recollection of a visit to Fairy Bower Falls where ‘Heart’s threads play along with the wind’, or an expression of grief for the death of a brother—there resonates an exquisite expression of the numinous.—BARBARA McKENDRY

A Dwelling Place in the World is a rich, emotionally powerful work, which uses taut language and strong structure. It grows out of Miracle of Days, his extraordinary first book, as Mills negotiates between religion and belief, continuing his exploration of what it takes to know oneself and the world. This is fine, nuanced poetry: the life of the mind, mediated by the senses—and vice versa. —ANNA KERJIDK NICHOLSON

Anthony Mills lives in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. He spent most of his working life as a public health worker in the area of physical and mental health well-being. He now volunteers as a hospital chaplain. His poems have been published in anthologies, in journals and online. His first book, Miracle of Days from Ginninderra Press, was published in 2022.

Product details
ISBN: 978-1-7642717-0-7
Published: December 2025
Pages: 73
Cover: paperback
Weight: 166 grams
Dimensions: 135mm (w) x 197mm (h) x 8mm (thick)
Printed & bound in Australia