"Homo Suburbiensis" by Bruce Dawe.

Introduction: "Homo Suburbiensis" is as much a poem about the human condition, as it is a record of one man's escape from the demands of his existence. "Homo Suburbiensis" uses one man's escape from his demands to represent our universal need to contemplate and resolve our own uncertainties in life in our own special place. Dawe uses a series of imagery to depict the workings of our minds and a chain of unpleasent sensory experiences …

…value as descriptions of a man escaping the demands of his life. But within the lines and the imagery, it incases a whole worth of meaning and of Dawe's view on the human condition. Objects are no longer just objects but a metaphor for our emotions and our actions. Dawe has included his opinion, his philosophy and his way of life into this one poem, a simple describing of a man's escape to his garden.