Poetry NZ 42 (2011)

FRONT COVER:

Mark Young
[Cover design: Bill Wieben]



Poetry NZ
Editor: Alistair Paterson

(Issue 42, 2011)

ISSN 0114-5770. 111 pp.

Auckland: Puriri Press / Palm Springs, California: Brick Row, March 2011


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CONTENTS:

Editorial:

1. Alistair Paterson / 7

Featured Poet:

2. Mark Young / Background / 8
1. vogue / 9
2. custom-made in the region / 10
3. The nine situations / 11
4. stops on the morning-thought bus route / 12
5. Late-night radio / 13
6. geographies: Montevideo / 14
7. geographies: Gdansk / 14
8. pecheur / 15
9. Manoeuvring / 16
10. c'est / la durée / de cette vidéo / 17
11. Brecht, surprisingly / 17
12. intertwine / 18
13. The aesthetic possibilites of Tokyo / 19
14. Those character arcs / 20
15. Energy / 21
16. A personal, portable Beowulf cluster / 22
17. Mishkin in Wonderland / 23

Other Poets:

3. Rizwan Akhtar / Director's cut / 24
4. Raewyn Alexander / canyon songs / 25
5. Ruth Arnison / Grin and bear it / 26
6. Owen Bullock / bits of autumn / 30
7. Zarah Butcher / still life with horse head / 33
8. Tony Chad / Floating / 34
9. Janet Charman / the gold zipper / 'The homecoming' / 35
10. Sue Clennell / Theseus and Aegeus / Vincent / 37
11. Jennifer Compton / Everything is for a very short time / 39
12. Craig Cotter / Hi Ron Padgett! / pizzeria sol y luna / 40
13. Alison Denham / Orchard / 42
14. Allan Drew / Forward-looking statements / 43
15. Johanna Emeney / Binham Priory / 44
16. Riemke Ensing / Whaiora – the pursuit of life / 45
17. Jane Griffin / Good Friday / 46
18. Gregory Gilbert Gumbs / Watch the omnipresent U.S. TV / 47
19. Vaughan Gunson / portrait of the artist as a young parent / Parisian backstreets are not here / 48
20. Alamgir Hashmi / How pale the first moon of the year / 50
21. Trevor Hayes / Already seen / The fall of the monarchy / 51
22. Marion Jones / Return / 52
23. Robert Kempen / Happened – happening / 53
24. Will Leadbeater / Homage to Hollywood / 54
25. Jessica Le Bas / The white bluff / Bovine theatricals / As is so frequently said / 55
26. philip loyd / every once in a while / pity the poor ponies ... / 58
27. Emma Macdonald / 'Girl vs. Simplicity' / 60
28. Robert McLean / Entitlements and divagations ... / 61
29. Jon Napier / Mania and minotaurs / 65
30. Tim Nees / Triolet on the canal / 66
31. Michael O'Leary / T.A.B. ula rasa / 67
32. Maris O'Rourke / Friday night in Te Kuiti / 70
33. Sarah Penwarden / Super City / Stone circle / 72
34. Sugu Pillay / Chendor Beach, Malaysia / Transcendent harmonies / 74
35. Mark Pirie / The return / Blind man / 76
36. Nicholas Reid / Transfiguration Sunday / 78
37. Anna Rugis / First question / 81
38. Lisa Samuels / Newcomer / 83
39. L. E. Scott / Generation / 86
40. Ila Selwyn / at the bay / 89
41. Fred Simpson / Earthquake / Smoke in winter / 90
42. Barry Southam / The collector / 92
43. Bill Sutton / Words / 93

Comment:

44. Alistair Paterson / Poetry as a survival mechanism / 94

Review:

45. Nicholas Reid / Lost Relatives by Siobhan Harvey / 104

Books and magazines in brief:

46. Alistair Paterson / Short reviews of new publications / 106

Notes on Contributors / 110

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