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title: "2 Brook Emery Quotes - Famous Poet"
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# Brook Emery

(1949)   Poet

 **2** quotes in **5** categories

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Brook Emery is a poet.

## Quick Facts About Brook Emery

Born January 1, 1949

Profession Poet

## About Brook Emery

Australian poet (1949–)... \| Brook Emery is an Australian poet, educator, and surf lifesaver. Described by Martin Duwell as "a major poet", and recipient of the 2011 $25,000 for Poetry Australian Council Literature Board Grant for Developing Writers, Emery has been the New South Wales editor of Blue Dog, the Journal of the Aust

##  Quotes by Brook Emery

> [“Free diving is not entirely free: to go down you leave behind”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brook-emery/free-diving-is-not-entirely-free-to-go-down-you-leave-behind/)

[Brook Emery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brook-emery/)

[Diving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diving/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/brook-emery-97333_free-diving_free-diving-is-not-entirely-free-to-go-d_1641923.jpg)

> [“We can't go back, though we're apt to waver even as our wheels spin on.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brook-emery/we-can-t-go-back-though-we-re-apt-to-waver-even-as-our-wheels-spin-on/)

[Brook Emery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brook-emery/)

[Going back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/going-back-73911/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f82/brook-emery-97333_going-back_we-can-t-go-back-though-we-re-apt-to-wav_1936351.jpg)

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