Calypso / Bob Orr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orr, Bob, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (96 p.)

Place of Publication:

Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Arranged in four lyrical sections, this collection of poems presents colorful images with a narrative drive and the true cadences of a storyteller. Traveling from Troy and Waiheke to San Francisco and Spain, this variety of verse leads into a discussion of simple objects, making the ordinary things of the world extraordinary. Finishing with compositions based on the poet's past, the short, intense New Zealand lyrics combine the everyday with a visionary sense of mystery and wonder.

Contents:

Cover; Dedication; Copyright; CONTENTS; PURPLE OCTOPUS; Captain Odysseus; Spain; Blaise Cendrars; Mike's Place; Sirocco; Bali; San Francisco; Island Time; Sailor's Song; Cathedral; Purple Octopus; SEVEN SONGS AND AN ANCHOR; My Typewriter; My Book-shelves; My Chair; My Desk; Samoa; A Coconut Palm in Parnell; Jerusalem; A Greek Café in Kings Cross; Neal Cassidy's Car; Song to Milarepa; Sardine; Song for John Pule; Memories of Pines; Song to Chelsea Wharf; Song to Onehunga Wharf; Song to Devonport Wharf; Song to Rangitoto; Birds of Paradise; Hart Crane; The Cutty Sark; RED NEBULAE; Ancestors

BasilGrandad; Garn; Mum; Dad; Sonata; Hurdy-gurdy; Jimmy Hawkins; Lady-bird; Childhood Thunder; Short Stories; Kiwitahi Way; CICADA SUMMER; Invocation; Te Mata; Calypso; River Talk; Turquoise; Time Zones; Fancy; Kahawai; Pohutukawa; Venus; Nectarine; Tuis at Te Mata; Reveries; Roads to the Sea; Talisman; Te Mata Creek Bridge; Up North; Bach; Passports; Apple Blossom; Sea Change; Te Mata Creek Road; Kai Moana; Tide Tables; El Niño; Bare Feet; Let's Go Fishing

Notes:

Poems.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-86940-682-6

1-77558-519-0

OCLC:

864414502