Constant fizz and playful grace
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Constant fizz and playful grace, Mark Houlahan
Tagged with: Alan Brunton, Cold Hub Press, Issue 110, Mark Houlahan, Martin Edmond, Michael Harlow, Michele Leggott, Titus Books, Winter 2015
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Phrases that catch the breath, Mark Houlahan
Heartland
Michele Leggott
Auckland University Press, $28.00,
ISBN 9781869408084
In 2007, Leggott was New Zealand’s inaugural poet laureate; in England, there is a long tradition of poets laureate being crowned at the point in their careers where the muse has long since abandoned them. Not so Leggott. If the point of such an award is not just to honour a writer, but for them to show leadership simply by going about and being a poet, writing back to the world, then Leggott is still the real deal. This is evident throughout Heartland.
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Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 106, Mark Houlahan, Michele Leggott, Winter 2014
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Moving deeper, John Horrocks
Mirabile Dictu Michele Leggott Auckland University Press, $27.99, ISBN 9781869404406 The Lustre Jug Bernadette Hall Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780864736086 Just This Brian Turner Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780864735911 One can expect that these new collections by three…
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Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 2010, Bernadette Hall, Brian Turner, Issue 89, John Horrocks, Michele Leggott, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Smoking documents, Anna Livesey
Hypnic Jerks Geoff Cochrane Victoria University Press, $24.95, ISBN 08647350006 Milk & Honey Michele Leggott Auckland University Press, $28.00, ISBN 1869403347 Cassandra’s Daughter Michael Harlow Auckland University Press, $25.00, ISBN 1869403320 Writing poetry – seriously writing poetry and expecting someone…
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Tagged with: Anna Livesey, Auckland University Press, Geoff Cochrane, Issue 70, Michael Harlow, Michele Leggott, Victoria University Press, Winter 2005
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Risky business, Bernadette Hall
Young Knowledge: The Poems of Robin Hyde (ed) Michele Leggott Auckland University Press, $49.99, ISBN 1869402987 I have known griefs o more than three – Tooth aching, Child-bearing, And the voice breaking Those silent frontiers Of dream, held hazardously.…
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Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Bernadette Hall, Issue 63, Michele Leggott, Spring 2003
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Poem – Michele Leggott
Seeing through words, Kim Worthington
The Inhabited Initial Fiona Farrell Auckland University Press, $27.95, ISBN 1 86940 215 4 as far as I can see Michele Leggott Auckland University Press, $19.95, ISBN 1 86940 217 0 The Inhabited Initial, Fiona Farrell’s second collection of poetry…
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Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Fiona Farrell, Issue 43, Kim Worthington, Michele Leggott
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
The hidden Hyde, Chris Prentice
The Book of Nadath Robin Hyde (ed Michele Leggott) Auckland University Press, $24.95, ISBN 86940 191 3 We are at another of the threshold times that punctuate historical consciousness, when we look back, take stock, and, through the inevitable process…
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Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Chris Prentice, Issue 40, Michele Leggott, Robin Hyde
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Light that fire, Lydia Wevers
Big Smoke: New Zealand Poems 1960-1975 eds Alan Brunton, Murray Edmond, Michele Leggott Auckland University Press, $49.95, ISBN 869402308 A thick black-and-white book with a beautiful cover illustration by Patrick Hanly taken from the second issue of Freed, Big Smoke…
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Tagged with: Alan Brunton, Auckland University Press, December 2000, Issue 46, Lydia Wevers, Michele Leggott, Murray Edmond
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review