Shaggy magpie songs / Murray Edmond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edmond, Murray, 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (72 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2015.

Summary:

A little bubbly, a little bitter, a little absurd, and echoing with the sound of laughter, these poem-songs have shaggy tales to tell.Shaggy Magpie Songs is a celebration of poetry's potential - for drama and comedy, narrative and nonsense.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Acknowledgements and imprint; Contents; RISE AND SHINE; PRAISE; THE POET RETURNS TO NEW YORK; THE LETTER FROM RILKE; A SIXTY-YEAR-OLD FROWNING PRIVATE MAN; WELL IT'S BEEN A WEEK BLUES; ANCIENT MARINER IN AVONDALE; MISTER WAT; HAIKU FOR MISHIMA; CONVERSATION WITH MY UNCLE; KISS THE IMPOSSIBLE GOOD NIGHT; HERE I GIVE THANKS TO MODERNISM; THE POET IN HAMILTON; NONSENSE; FORTY-TWO BOXES; A TRAIN WRECK IN THE UNIVERSE; BLUES; ROMANTICS IN SEARCH OF ADVENTURES WITH MUSIC; MATAKITAKI, 1822; CLOWN ON SKATES; DIFFICULT FOR GAUCHOS TO KISS WHEN WEARING HATS; ACCENTUATE THE NEGATIVE

ROAD SONGTARANAKI JOURNEY; DIGGING FOR KITCHENER; TONGATAPU DREAM CHORUSES; IN THE PURPLE MISTS OF LAST EVENING; WITH JEAN-PAUL SARTRE ON THE BANKS OF THE WAIKATO; POP; PAINTER LOOKING AT PAINTING; NATIONAL STANDARDS; SNAP SNAP; SO-SO STREET (A Soliloquy); SWING YOUR TIGER; PABLO THE CAT; SO SAYS TINA; GOOD LOOKING; COBBER'S SONG: 'SIXTY SWINGING YEARS'; SHANTIH SHANTY

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ISBN:

1-77558-832-7

1-77558-829-7

OCLC:

933725201