John Leonard, 100 Elegies for Modernity, Hale and Iremonger (Sydney, 1997). pp. 79. RRP $16.95 (paper). Geoff Page, Mrs Schnell Arrives in Heaven and Other Light Verse, Polonius Press(Canberra, 1995). pp.53. RRP $16.95 (paper). Doris Brett, In the Constellation of the Crab, Hale and Iremonger (Melbourne, 1996). pp. 64. RRP $16.95 (paper). Alan Gould, Mermaid, William Heinemann (Melbourne, 1996). pp.77. RRP $16.95 (paper). [Book review]