Gareth Morgan Gareth Morgan is the author of When A Punk Becomes A Spunk and Dear Eileen, and co-director of Sick Leave. He is a PhD candidate at RMIT. All essays by Gareth Morgan Essay: Gareth Morganon concrete pools and poetry Water Splendour In this labile essay, Gareth Morgan plumbs the depths of the pool as a site of ritual, recreation, and the poet’s labour. From Mohenjo-daro to Carlton, Morgan recovers from the concrete history of public bathing a poetics of the ‘locus amoenus’. May. 2024 • Australian literature • Place • Poetry