This uniquecollection both longs for and resists the North. In storytelling couplets, the title poem engages with a woman s past asshe looks outward from the shores of the Hokianga harbor in New Zealand. Other poems also explore present and future, dislocation and migration, north and south, andEarth and paradise. Separate and various in tone and form, these narrative poems area joy to read."
This uniquecollection both longs for and resists the North. In storytelling couplets, the title poem engages with a woman s past asshe looks outward f...