Publication

2007 - Auckland University Press, Auckland, N.Z

Language

English

Word Count

17,250 words, Guess

Page Count

69 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more
  • LibraryThing3407548

Classifications

  • DDC821/.914
  • LCCPR9639.3.N65 V55 2007

Description

A new collection, the sixth by this Christchurch-based poet, Villon in Millerton presents vivid lyrics anchored by three sequences. The title sequence imagines the fourteenth- century French poet fetching up in the isolated and deserted West Coast town of Millerton; another sequence brilliantly evokes the mysteries of the Indian rope trick; while a concluding group focuses on the contradictory character of the nineteenth-century missionary Samuel Marsden. The range of subjects - from the red admiral butterfly to the attack on Baghdad - and tones - from meditation to satire - along with the poet?s acute ear and sharp eye make this book always unexpected and illuminating.

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