Andrew Burke

Andrew Burke (born 1944 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a contemporary Australian poet.

Early in his working life, Burke pursued a career in advertising as a copywriter and creative director.

In the 1970s he had received prizes - the Thomas Wardle poetry prize of 1973, and 1977 the Tom Collins poetry prize.

He switched to academia as a literature and creative writing lecturer in middle age. He received a MA in writing from Edith Cowan University in 2002, and a PhD in writing in 2006.

He has lectured in Australia and China, and read his poetry to audiences of all ages in the United Kingdom, Singapore, China, and throughout Australia.

His poetry has been included in Western Australian and Australian anthologies.

Collections of his poems exist onlineand his blog includes poetry.

• 1975 Let's face the music & dance
• 1983 On the tip of my tongue Fremantle, W.A.:Fremantle Arts Centre Press (Shoreline poetry series number 6) ISBN 0-909144-75-3
• 1992 Mother waits for father late Fremantle, W.A.: Fremantle Arts Centre Press, ISBN 1-86368-014-4
  • (reprinted in 2010) by Picaro Press, Warners Bay, N.S.W.ISBN 978-1-920957-97-1
• 1996 Pushing at silence Applecross, W.A.: Folio (Salt), ISBN 0-646-29751-1
• 2001 Whispering Gallery Cottesloe, W.A.: Sunline Press, ISBN 0-9579515-0-7
• 2003 Knock on wood : and other poems Warners Bay, N.S.W. : Picara Press, Wagtail (series), 1444-8424; 18
• 2009Beyond City Limits International Centre for Landscape and Language, Edith Cowan University, Mt Lawley, W.A.ISBN 978-0-646-52005-6
• 2011Blue Rose Etext Press ISBN 978-1-921968-09-9 also found at Smashwords – [1]
• 2011Qwerty : take my word for it Kalgoorlie, W.A. :Mulla Mulla Press ISBN 978-0-9870771-2-7
• 2012Shikibu Shuffle with Phil Hall – see http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html
• 2012Undercover of Lightness North Hobart, Tas.: Walleah PressISBN 978-1-877010-16-3 –
• 2014One Hour Seeds Another North Hobart, Tas.: Walleah Press
• 2017The Line is Busy