This portfolio of ten poems contributes to the areas of ecocriticism, nature writing and memory studies. Informed by cultural and ecopoetic theories, I applied creative, practice-led principles, including the use of sensory data and the keeping of a field journal, to the investigation of topographical memory in Australia and elsewhere.

A Bestiary of Wild Flowers is a poetic response to Australian artist Sidney Nolan's Paradise Gardens series of paintings. Based on the idea and practice of ekphrasis, the project consists of the researcher's poetic interpretations of Nolan's work, as arranged into three parts: Word Seeds (a haiku series), Remembrance, and Technique.

This portfolio of ten poems contributes to the areas of ecocriticism, nature writing and memory studies. Informed by cultural and ecopoetic theories, I applied creative, practice-led principles, including the use of sensory data and the keeping of a field journal, to the investigation of topographical memory in Australia and elsewhere.

As creative bioregional research, 'poetic enquiry' involves dialogue between the sciences and arts, between historical fact and immediate experience. Immersed in the Western Australian context, I wrote poetry about the endemic flora of the state. These six poems narrate the aesthetic features of plants and their diverse narratives, including my own experiential response. The portfolio weaves together multiple ways of knowing the natural world and points to the possibility of creative synergy between knowledge forms.

This portfolio contributes to a growing body of research into walking and creativity. The six poems explore walking as an approach to place-attunement. Following the work of other perambulatory artists, I composed poetry about Western Australian landscapes perceived corporeally through walking. The poems express sensorial responses and, in particular, capture the nuances of my encounters with flora.

As creative bioregional research, 'poetic enquiry' involves dialogue between the sciences and arts, between historical fact and immediate experience. Immersed in the Western Australian context, I wrote poetry about the endemic flora of the state. These six poems narrate the aesthetic features of plants and their diverse narratives, including my own experiential response. The portfolio weaves together multiple ways of knowing the natural world and points to the possibility of creative synergy between knowledge forms.

This portfolio of ten poems contributes to the areas of ecocriticism, nature writing and memory studies. Informed by cultural and ecopoetic theories, I applied creative, practice-led principles, including the use of sensory data and the keeping of a field journal, to the investigation of topographical memory in Australia and elsewhere.

A Bestiary of Wild Flowers is a poetic response to Australian artist Sidney Nolan's Paradise Garden series of paintings. Based on the idea and practice of ekphrasis, the project consists of the researcher's poetic interpretations of Nolan's work, as arranged into three parts: Word Seeds (a haiku series), Remembrance, and Technique.

This portfolio of ten poems contributes to the areas of ecocriticism, nature writing and memory studies. Informed by cultural and ecopoetic theories, I applied creative, practice-led principles, including the use of sensory data and the keeping of a field journal, to the investigation of topographical memory in Australia and elsewhere.

As creative bioregional research, 'poetic enquiry' involves dialogue between the sciences and arts, between historical fact and immediate experience. Immersed in the Western Australian context, I wrote poetry about the endemic flora of the state. These six poems narrate the aesthetic features of plants and their diverse narratives, including my own experiential response. The portfolio weaves together multiple ways of knowing the natural world and points to the possibility of creative synergy between knowledge forms.