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“Life in one’s mouth”, Peter Bland

Posted on August 1, 2001 by NZ Books

Louis Johnson: Selected Poems ed Terry Sturm Victoria University Press, $29.95, ISBN 086473350X There’s a short poem by Louis Johnson which I’ve always admired. It’s called “Intemperance” and it tells us a lot in a very short space, both about…

Tagged with: August 2001, Autumn 2001, Issue 49, Peter Bland, Terry Sturm, Victoria University Press
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Poem – Peter Bland

Posted on August 1, 2001 by NZ Books

A meeting in Barcelona For Louis Johnson (1924 – 1988) I glimpsed your ghost today, disguised as a tourist, visiting Picasso’s favourite brothel. The one where he painted those cubist nudes with their stranglers’ hands and fetishist faces. Ugly…

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Careless of landfall, Roger Robinson

Posted on March 16, 1999 by NZ Books

Selected Poems Peter Bland Carcanet, $40.00 (approx), ISBN 1 85754 357 2 A Selected Poems published in the UK by Carcanet is a statement from a usually reliable source that the poet is worth considering seriously and reading in some degree…

Tagged with: Carcanet, Issue 37, Peter Bland, Roger Robinson
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A poetic resurgence, Tony Beyer

Posted on October 1, 1991 by NZ Books

An Open Return Alan Riach, Untold Books, Wellington, 1991, $23 Paper Boats Peter Bland, John McIndoe, Dunedin, 1991, $16.95 The Man of Paradise Denys Trussell, Hudson/ Cresset, Auckland, (distrib Brick Row Publishers. PO Box 100-057, Auckland 10), 1991, $17.95 The…

Tagged with: Alan Riach, Cresset Publishing, Denys Trussell, Hudson, Issue 3, John McIndoe, Peter Bland, Spring 1991, Tony Beyer, Untold Books
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