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Robbie Coburn

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Robbie Coburn is an Australian poet and author of the young adult verse novel The Foal in the Wire (Lothian/Hachette Australia, 2025).

His other publications include the poetry collection And I Could Not Have Hurt You (Kiddiepunk, 2023), which was on Dennis Cooper’s Mine For Yours: Favorites of 2023 list, and the chapbook Spur (Filthy Loot, 2025).

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Average rating: 4.51 · 254 ratings · 48 reviews · 34 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Foal in the Wire 4.55 avg rating — 89 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghost Poetry 4.22 avg rating — 27 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Other Flesh 4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And I Could Not Have Hurt You 4.73 avg rating — 15 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rain Season 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blinding Narcissus 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Human Batteries 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Womb: A Poem in Dramatic Form it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mad Songs 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scar to Scar by Robbie Coburn (Goodreads Author), Michele Seminara (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“All distance finds loneliness in time.”
― Robbie Coburn

tags: distance, loneliness, longing

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“If I am ever to live, truly live, it will be for the second time inside a book.”
― Robbie Coburn

tags: books, literature

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“My love of literature has always sustained me; more than alcohol, drugs, psychiatry and medication ever have or will.”
― Robbie Coburn

tags: addiction-and-recovery, drugs-and-alcohol, literature

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