Big weather : poems of Wellington
2018
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An anthology of 100 poems celebrating Wellington, capturing the vivacity and diversity of the capital, this poetic portrait is a celebration of Wellington and the creative life it inspires.
Main title:
Big weather : poems of Wellington / selected by Gregory O'Brien & Louise St. John.
Edition:
Revised paperback edition.
Imprint:
Auckland, New Zealand : Vintage, 2018.
Collation:
xi, 160 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
An anthology of 100 poems celebrating Wellington.Previously pub.: Wellington, N.Z. : Mallinson Rendel, 2009.
Contents:
'Canyon streets and trams': Central city. Wellington / Dinah Hawken -- Walking the morning city / Sam Hunt -- I imagine Wellington as a delicatessen / David Eggleton -- Wellington / David McKee Wright -- Wellington/ Peter Bland -- The immigrant artist / C. K. Stead -- On the building site for a new library / J. C. Sturm -- My lost youth / Bill Manhire -- Sunday, across the Tasman / August Kleinzahler -- Stage-divers / Damien Wilkins -- Wellington at 5 o'clock / Denis Glover -- Wellington / James K. Baxter -- The streets of my city / W. H. Oliver -- Settlement / Geoff Cochrane -- Stopping / Rachel Bush -- An M.P.'s life for me / Ronald L. Meek -- The desperadoes / Iain Sharp -- Wellington / Bill Manhire -- Vignette / Katherine Mansfield -- Author's bluff / Vincent O'Sullivan -- 'The end of the earth's long breath': Harbour and sea. Round Oriental Bay / Lauris Edmond -- Ghost ships / Chris Orsman -- The greenhouse effect / Fleur Adcock -- Beautiful theories in the capital / Michal Morrissey -- Speaking with my grandmothers / Fiona Kidman -- Here / Ian Wedde -- from The beaches / Robin Hyde -- The Mà„ori Jesus / James K. Baxter -- Baring head / James McNaughton -- from The beaches / Robin Hyde -- New view / Andrew Johnston -- Windy day / David Beach -- Wellington harbour is a laundry / Denis Glover -- Wellington harbour -- a shepherd's pie / Denis Glover -- Port / James McNaughton -- Harbour poems / Dinah Hawken -- Wellington / Bob Orr -- A spell to catch squid fishermen / Lynn Davidson -- Wellington letter / Lauris Edmond -- Not far / Lauris Edmond -- Little blue / Janis Freegard -- Podner / Ian Wedde -- Today / Dinah Hawken -- 'A window...full of houses': Suburbs. Bus stop / Jenny Bornholdt -- July, July / Vincent O'Sullivan -- Contents of a breeze, Wellington / Gregory O'Brien -- Now suddenly / Ingrid Horrocks -- Making waves / Chris Orsman -- There is chaos on the roads / Geoff Cochrane -- Houses at night / Alistair Te Ariki Campbell -- Instructions for how to get ahead of yourself while the light still shines / Jenny Bornholdt -- The top / James Brown -- Letter from Holloway Road / Lindsay Rabbitt -- Energy crisis / Rachel McAlpine -- Sunset / Eileen Duggan -- We will, we do / Jenny Bordnholdt -- No trick pon / James Brown -- Summer Oriental Bay / Lauris Edmond -- Lily speaks / Johanna Aitchison -- Last view of Wellington: 1968 / Louis Johnson -- 'Running away from its roots': Parks, bush and beyond. City Sunday / Louis Johnson -- Compared to what / Laurie Duggan -- Common oak, England / Stephanie de Montalk -- Wellington, New Zealand / Robert Creeley -- Transit / Michael Palmer -- Old magnolias / Andrew Johnston -- A ballad of IHC / John Ridland -- Wild daisies / Bub Bridger -- The windy hills o' Wellington / 'The exile' (Henry Lawson) -- Unfamiliar legends of the stars / Kate Camp -- Otari / Louise Wrightson -- The acolyte / Eileen Duggan -- The god of hills / Diana Bridge -- Song in the Hutt Valley / Louis Johnson -- Waitangi Day, Porirua / Vivienne Plumb -- Porirua Friday night / Sam Hunt -- Titahi Bay / Eileen Duggan -- Threnody / Denis Glover -- Magnificat / Allen Curnow -- Weather / Airini Beautrais -- Memory Harbour / Brian Gregory -- Southerly / Robert Sullivan -- From Makara / Bill Sewell -- Toroa: Albatross / Hone Tuwhare -- 'Red Wellington boots': The twenty-first century. Wellington, NZ / Dinah Hawken -- The Tuesday ode / Kirsten McDougall -- Red Wellingtons / Cath Kenneally -- Dreaming in Wellington / Dora Malech -- Beauty sleep / Kate Camp -- Good business / Ian Wedde -- Buckley Road / Airini Beautrais -- Onepu Road / Amy Brown -- Suburbs / James Brown -- Wellywood / Geoff Cochrane -- Cave country / Anna Livesy -- My carbon gaze / Anen Kennedy -- Watching for ice forming / Naomi O'Connor -- 1YA / Sonja Yelich -- Things that don't move in Newtown / Kate Camp -- Terr a Wellington / James Brown.
ISBN:
9780143772521
Dewey class:
NZ821.2080329363821.92
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
344112
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - Languages and Literature | 821.92 BIG | Available |