Free Verse from a New Voice in Contemporary Poetry

Pebbles to Poems showcases the work of Frank Prem, a compelling new voice in contemporary free verse poetry. This sampler draws from six published collections, offering poems of Memoir, Catastrophe, Psychiatry, and Love.

Why Free Verse?

Frank Prem’s style reflects a modern approach to poetry — stripped of formality, conversational, and emotionally immediate. This is the art of free verse in full voice.

Memoir and Catastrophe

In these three free verse collections, Prem captures powerful moments across time and place—poetry that transports readers emotionally and imaginatively, as if present in the moment.

Small Town Kid: a vivid evocation of growing up in rural Australia during the 1960s and ’70s.
Devil In The Wind: the voices of survivors and witnesses of the devastating Black Saturday bushfires.
The New Asylum: a poetic memoir of life spent inside public mental health services, from childhood to psychiatric nurse.

These collections are both social history and personal testimony—capturing lived experience in poetic form.

A Love Poetry Trilogy

Inspired by three iconic poets, Prem’s free verse Love Poetry Trilogy reimagines classic love poems through a modern lens—offering interpretation, rhythm, and emotion in equal measure.

Walk Away Silver Heart: A new take on classic poets. Inspired by Amy Lowell, these poems echo timeless moods in contemporary voice.
A Kiss For The Worthy: A modern response to Walt Whitman — come feel his love for the world and his place in it, retold in free verse.
Rescue and Redemption: A poetic reimagining of T. S. Eliot’s introspective wanderings — including the fog and frustration of Prufrock.