Jeff Guess


Jeff Guess is an Australian poet based in Adelaide, South Australia. He has published many poetry compilations, as well as educational books on poetry instruction and multiple poetry anthologies.

Early life and education

Guess was born in Adelaide, South Australia.

Career

Guess has held positions teaching English at various secondary schools; as well as working as an instructor at the Adelaide Institute of TAFE, and tutoring at the University of South Australia.
His debut collection, Leaving Maps was well received by contemporaries.
He co-authored Hands on Poetry, a teaching resource for primary school poetry education.

Recognition and awards

Guess has won various awards for his poetry in addition to writing grants. He has been invited to serve on the panels of various poetry contests, including the John Bray Award.
He is mentioned in the Oxford Companion to Australian Literature.

Collections

  • Leaving Maps
  • Four in the Afternoon
  • Painting the Town: The Gawler Poems
  • Replacing Fuses in the House of Cards
  • Rites of Arrival: Poems from Museums of the History Trust of SA.
  • Selected Sonnets
  • Living in the Shade of Nothing Solid
  • Winter Grace
  • The Silent Classroom
  • Autumn in Cantabile: The Gawler Poems
  • Supposing Him to be the Gardener: The Mary Magdalen Suite
  • Scanning the Soul '
  • The River of Footsteps '
  • Meditations '
  • The Translation of Rain: Selected Poems '
  • The Bee Farm '
  • Collected Sonnets '
  • Home Before Dark
  • In the Apricot Darkness ''''

    Anthologies

  • The No. 12 Friendly Street Reader.
  • The Inner Courtyard: A South Australian Anthology of Love Poetry.
  • The House Next Door.
  • The No. 18 Friendly Street Reader.
  • Poetry After Lunch: The University Readings.
  • A Fall of Rainbows.
  • No Strings Attached.
  • New Poets Seven.
  • Encounters.
  • Two Schools of Thought
  • ''My Teacher Is a Ballerina''