Robbie Coburn

Poet

Australia
AU
Email: 
robbiecoburn@protonmail.com
Website: 
www.robbiecoburn.com
Twitter/X: 
@robbiecoburn

Author's Bio

Robbie Coburn is an Australian poet and author of the young adult verse novel The Foal in the Wire (Lothian Children's Books, 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 zine Spur (Filthy Loot, 2025).

His poems have appeared in many literary journals including Poetry, Hobart, Star*Line, Poetry Salzburg Review, Meanjin, Island and Westerly, and in anthologies including Anxiety 2 (Filthy Loot, 2025), Oystercatcher One (Five Islands Press, 2024), To End All Wars (Puncher & Wattmann, 2018) and Writing to the Wire (UWAP, 2016).

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
a hole in the light: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2018 (Red Moon Press, 2019)
,
To End All Wars (Puncher & Wattmann, 2018)
,
Writing to the Wire (UWA Publishing, 2016)
Books:
The Foal in the Wire (Lothian, 2025)
,
The Other Flesh (UWA Publishing, 2019)
Journals:
Blithe Spirit
,
Cordite Poetry Review
,
Expat Press
,
Frogpond
,
Going Down Swinging
,
Hobart
,
Island
,
Mascara Literary Review
,
Meanjin
,
Modern Haiku
,
Overland
,
Poetry
,
Poetry Salzburg Review
,
Quadrant
,
Star*Line
,
tinywords
,
Westerly

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Australia
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Last update: Nov 28, 2025