Poetry NZ 14 (1997)

FRONT COVER:

John Allison
[Cover design: Bill Wieben]



Poetry NZ
Editor: Alistair Paterson

(Issue 14, 1997)

ISSN 0114-5770. 83 pp.

Auckland: Brick Row Publishing Co. Ltd., March 1997


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CONTENTS:

Editorial:

1. Alistair Paterson / 9

Featured Poet:

2. John Allison / Background / 10
1. Nocturnes / 11
2. Timing and Mt Everest / 14
3. Kasimir's Canvas / 15
4. The Persian Tile / 17
5. About to take the Plunge / 18
6. The generosity implicit in throwing a Javelin / 19
7. i Kyrkogården / 20
8. Listening to Debussy / 21
9. Sunday / 22
10. Marina's Testimony / 23
11. The Death of Ramanujan / 25
12. The Blind Woman / 27
13. The Bridge of Remembrance / 28

Other Poets

3. Raewyn Alexander / Later / 29
4. Saliha Azzouz / The Painter and his Model / 30
5. Stu Bagby / Pennsylvanian modes / Typewriters / 32
6. Victoria Bratvold / A woman ... / 34
7. Peter Constantine / Translations from the work of Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo / 35
8. Waiata Dawn Davies / City Love / 40
9. Kenneth Fea / I am/am not / c' est ça le zen? / 41
10. Jonathan Fisher / Leftovers / 42
11. Sue Fitchett / today he is this other / 43
12. Thérèse Halscheid / Daybreak on Lake Rotoiti / 45
13. Cassandra Hesom-Williams / Sunday 22 October / Afterwards / S.1 / 46
14. Ingrid Horrocks / A New Year / 48
15. Alma Hromić / A Little Later / 50
16. Bea Jones / A Handmade Paper View / 51
17. Leicester Kyle / A visit to my Psychiatrist / Ancient Worship / 52
18. Nicholas Laing / India / 54
19. Catherine Mair / Changing Skins / Floating / Dressed in Tin Armour / 56
20. Emma Neale / Biopsy / Hiding / 60
21. J Paul / Surfacing / 62
22. Mark Pirie / Shoot / 63
23. Brian Roper / Dark Angel / 65
24. Leon J. Tan / St Thérèse / Jazz Krishna in Calcutta / 67
25. Jocelyne Thébault / At Day's Bay / 69
26. Rhona Vickoce / whenua / 70

Comment:

27. Les Murray / The CER of Poetry / 71

Reviews:

28. Judith Peters / South by Chris Orsman / 76
29. Alma Hromić / The Sounds by Andrew Johnson / 77

Books and Magazines in Brief:

30. Alistair Paterson / Short reviews of new publications / 79

Notes on Contributors / 82

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