The lifeguard : poems, 2008-2013 / Ian Wedde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wedde, Ian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New Zealand literature.

New Zealand poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (97 p.)

Place of Publication:

Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

?You have to start somewhere / in these morose times' begins the title sequence of this collection, in which the dual, duelling lifeguards of east and west, sunrise and sunset, glib Narcissus and one-eyed Polyphemus, watch over a collection that explores the contradictions between life's pool-side surfaces and frightening undertows. Ian Wedde's poet laureate collection, dedicated to his grandchildren Bella and Sebo, opens with a major new series ?The Lifeguard', and finishes with a second long sequence, ?Shadow Stands Up', in which a world of Platonic memory and tidal recurrence is observ

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; The Lifeguard; Help!; Another bottle of oil; Help!; The Look; Three Elegies; Harry Martens; Mahmoud Darwish; Oum Kalsoum; Shadow Stands Up

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-86940-774-1

1-77558-650-2

OCLC:

863822472