This book evaluates a sample of New Zealand Poetry Anthologies covering the 1940s to the 1980s. It assesses how the intentions, knowledge and tastes of the anthology editors have influenced the representation of New Zealand poetry. Changes in the content of the poetry are observed, as well as the techniques that were used. Allen Curnows influential anthologies of 1945 and 1960 were concerned mostly with the topic of literary nationalism. From the mid-1960s, trends emerged linked to possibilities offered by American poetry and perhaps to a search for greater freedom of expression in general....
This book evaluates a sample of New Zealand Poetry Anthologies covering the 1940s to the 1980s. It assesses how the intentions, knowledge and tastes o...
Owen Bullock's haiku sequence Urban Haiku delivers a world with deft subtlety and cutting precision. Each of these poems builds on the last to deliver a strong sense of place and of people. Urban Haiku has an eye for the absurdities of contemporary life, as well as its quieter, less noticed moments.
Owen Bullock's haiku sequence Urban Haiku delivers a world with deft subtlety and cutting precision. Each of these poems...
In Owen Bullock’s second haiku sequence with Recent Work Press, he explores the wisdom garnered from his period as a care worker for the elderly in New Zealand. These haiku display the riches of Bullock’s keen sense of observation married with his ability to get to the essence of any subject with his deft use of this most precise of Japanese forms.
In Owen Bullock’s second haiku sequence with Recent Work Press, he explores the wisdom garnered from his period as a care worker for the elde...
Four numbers. Four poets. Count it in: 5 is the sweetest gear; 6 is a hex; 7 are the virtues; 8 is subatomic.
This collection of 40 poems asked four poets to write 10 poems in response to a selected number 5 6 7 or 8. The poems that arise are playful, wistful, hard-edged and imaginatively engaged with the poetry built from this seemingly simple foundation.
Four numbers. Four poets. Count it in: 5 is the sweetest gear; 6 is a hex; 7 are the virtues; 8 is subatomic.
