The Camventory
An Exhaustive and Exhausting Inventory of Cameron Semmens’
books, chapbooks, podcasts, art exhibitions, albums and other stuff
G E N E R A L p o e t r y b o o k s
Splat – scintillating poems laughable and torturous. The Live Poet’s
Society – 1994.
Children of an Idle Mind – poems. Grub Street Press – 1998.
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Juvenile Delinquents of an Idle Mind – B-side poems of
Children of an Idle Mind, 1998.
Rant – the high performance poems of Cameron Semmens. Curdnatta
Publishing House – 2005.
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Rave – Cameron Semmens, performance poet, live in concert –
spoken-word with saxophone (Spike Mason). CD, 2005.
The Poetry of Home – the heartscaping and hope-shaping of Cameron
Semmens. Crooked Nose Wisdom – 2012.
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The Poetry of Home Soundtrack – songs commissioned to
accompany the book The Poetry of Home,
with multiple artists. Digital album, 2012.
Jesus, Gandhi and Hitler walk into a Poem – stories of famous people
turning up in weird places. Crooked Nose Wisdom – 2014.
A Brief History of Time with Cake – poems about space; recipes for cake.
Crooked Nose Wisdom – 2016.
Upside Drowning – poems from the edge of the ocean. Wattle & Willow
Books – 2021.
10 Poems I Like ...maybe you’ll like ’em too! Wattle & Willow Books – 2022.
M E M O I R p o e t r y b o o k s
Through the Lover’s Window – the trials and treasures of love and
loving. Illustrated by Hamish McWilliam. Searching For Oscar – 2008.
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Souvenir of Sadness and a Bottle of Bliss – spoken-word and
double bass with Rod Gear, under the name Chevalet. Companion to
Through The Lover’s Window. CD, 2008.
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Through the Lover’s Window – B-Sides Booklet, 2008.
A Complete Anthology of My First Kisses (abridged, redacted and expurgated)
+ other poem suites and sequels – a life in poems
1974-2024. Wattle & Willow Books – 2024.
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T H E R A P E U T I C p o e t r y b o o k s
10 Poems that could really help you through a tough spot
1st Edition – Crooked Nose Wisdom – 2015.
2nd Edition – Wattle & Willow Books – 2023.
An Astonishment of Broken Dreams – simple truths to help you through
separation and divorce. Wattle & Willow Books – 2020.
S O C I A L J U S T I C E p o e t r y b o o k s
Give a Man a Fish – making a difference and being the difference. World
Vision Australia – 2010.
Random Cow – how India changed me. Crooked Nose Wisdom – 2012.
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Random Cow Soundtrack – music commissioned to accompany
the book Random Cow – Rod Gear. Digital album, 2012.
Ice Skating in The Taj Mahal – a totally NON-depressing look at poverty
in poems you’ll want to share. Crooked Nose Wisdom – 2014.
H U M O U R p r o j e c t s
Get Poor Quickly through Poetry
1st Edition – 101 super easy steps to obscurity, disappointment and
straight up cashlessness. Crooked Nose Wisdom – 2017.
2nd Edition – 101 nuggets of fool’s gold that guarantee obscurity,
disappointment and straight up cashlessness.
Wattle & Willow Books – 2023.
It’s a Pundemic! – vi-really bad poems ready to spread. Co-authored with
Spike Mason. Wattle & Willow Books – 2021.
Jazz is So Easy – solo improvised acapella jazz. Digital album, 2017.
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C H I L D R E N ' S P I C T U R E B O O K S
One Big Wish – the story of a child learning to live with separated parents.
Illustrated by Carmen de Kock. Crooked Nose Wisdom – 2018.
Horatio Haha and the Wee-wee of Fifi. Illustrated by Stuart Horner.
Crooked Nose Wisdom – 2019.
C H R I S T I A N C H I L D R E N ' S P I C T U R E B O O K S
The Story of the Star, the Stable and the Saviour
1st Edition – Illustrated by Rod Allen. HSM Publishing – 2007.
2nd Edition – Star! Stable! Star! – The Christmas Story in S.
Illustrated by Rod Allen. Wombat Books – 2015.
Water, Wine and a Wonderful Wedding. Illustrated by Rod Allen.
HSM Publishing – 2008.
C H R I S T I A N p o e t r y b o o k s
26 Tales from The Testaments – an alliterated Bible passage in every
letter of the alphabet. Co-authored with Marc Rader.
Illustrations by Rod Allen. Curdnatta Publishing House – 2005.
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10 Tales – Wordy Re-wordings of The Word – spoken-word and
ukulele, with Peter Harding. CD, 2005.
The Theologast – profound wonderings on the sacred, the self and the
seemingly certain. HSM Publishing – 2007.
23 Versions of Psalm 23 / Love is The New Black
1st Edition – 23 Versions of Psalm 23 and other creative Christian
resources. Illustrations by Paul Toms. Curdnatta Publishing House – 2009.
2nd Edition – Love is The New Black. Illustrations by Paul Toms.
Crooked Nose Wisdom – 2010.
3rd Edition – Love is The New Black. Crooked Nose Wisdom – 2013.
The ZOO in YOU – faith lesson on the wildness within. Collaboration
with multiple authors. Illustrations by Hamish McWilliam.
Crooked Nose Wisdom – 2011.
P O D C A S T S
Shards – The 1 Poem Podcast of Cameron Semmens, (2017 – present).
The Persian and The Poet – Ramak and Cameron share poems of love
and wonder in English and Farsi (2020 – present).
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The Fall of The Willow – spoken-word poems from The Persian
and The Poet podcast. Music by multiple artists.
Digital album, 2021.
V I S U A L P O E T I C S ... Cameron’s solo art exhibitions
Trees and The Taste of Shadow at The Cradle Mountain Wilderness
Gallery. Ink drawings and graphic poems – 2018.
In The Right Light at The Poatina Tree Gallery. Ink drawings with poems – 2018.
Am I in Heaven or is my Flash too Bright? at The Memo, Healesville.
Photography with integrated concrete poetry – 2024.
C H A P B O O K S ... short run, self-published booklets with no ISBN
Neologisms – the eternal frontier, 1992.
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Pimple, 1993.
Le Carte – the atom, the cosmos, the shopping trolley, 1995.
Cam’s Special Little Easter Book, 1996.
The Bumper Booklet of Beefed Up Bible Bits, 1997.
Philosophising with a Hammer, 1998.
Escapology – the winter’s night saga of a poet in Melbourne, 2003.
Ignorance is Blistering the Feet of My Soul, 2010.
The Little Book of Christmas Poems That Will Jingle Your Bells, 2013.
Dear Timor Leste – Poems of Hope. Published by World Vision Timor
Leste, 2014.
The Pipe-Cleaner Man – a child’s play thing; an adult’s song of hope,
2020.
O T H E R S T U F F
The Sacred Set – spoken word with double bass (Rod Gear) under the
name Chevalet. DVD, 2008.
Cute Girls Love to Crochet – spoken-word, piano and double bass, with
Rod Gear and Michael Carney under the name Chevalet. CD, 2009.
Cam’s Christmas Cracker – TV show – Christmas special with ACM, 2012.
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