[1] Born in Melbourne in 1994, Robbie Coburn grew up on his family's farm in Woodstock, Victoria, the son of a horse trainer.
His work was selected for inclusion in a hole in the light: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2018, edited by Jim Kacian.
Robert Adamson noted that Coburn's poems “come from tough experiences, yet are created with a muscular craft that glows with alert intelligence”.
[9] Due to its openness in dealing with personal themes such as mental illness, trauma, addiction, self-harm and suicide, Coburn's work has often been categorised as confessional poetry.
Sarah Holland-Batt wrote that Coburn's “raw and intimate poems are marked by a strong presence of voice: confessional, consolatory, despairing, and defiant” and that his poems “speak of impulses that are often repressed or left unsaid.”[10] His work is also known for using imagery related to his upbringing on his family's farm, horses and rodeo.