An anthology of 100 poems celebrating Wellington. Previously pub.: Wellington, N.Z. : Mallinson Rendel, 2009.
Contents:
'Canyon streets and trams': Central city. Wellington / Dinah Hawken -- Walking the morning city / Sam Hunt -- I imagine Wellington as a delicatessen / David Eggleton -- Wellington / David McKee Wright -- Wellington/ Peter Bland -- The immigrant artist / C.K. Stead -- On the building site for a new library / J.C. Sturm -- My lost youth / Bill Manhire -- Sunday, across the Tasman / August Kleinzahler -- Stage-divers / Damien Wilkins -- Wellington at 5 o'clock / Denis Glover -- Wellington / James K. Baxter -- The streets of my city / W.H. Oliver -- Settlement / Geoff Cochrane -- Stopping / Rachel Bush -- An M.P.'s life for me / Ronald L. Meek -- The desperadoes / Iain Sharp -- Wellington / Bill Manhire -- Vignette / Katherine Mansfield -- Author's bluff / Vincent O'Sullivan -- 'The end of the earth's long breath': Harbour and sea. Round Oriental Bay / Lauris Edmond -- Ghost ships / Chris Orsman -- The greenhouse effect / Fleur Adcock -- Beautiful theories in the capital / Michal Morrissey -- Speaking with my grandmothers / Fiona Kidman -- Here / Ian Wedde -- from The beaches / Robin Hyde -- The Mà„ori Jesus / James K. Baxter -- Baring head / James McNaughton -- from The beaches / Robin Hyde -- New view / Andrew Johnston -- Windy day / David Beach -- Wellington harbour is a laundry / Denis Glover -- Wellington harbour -- a shepherd's pie / Denis Glover -- Port / James McNaughton -- Harbour poems / Dinah Hawken -- Wellington / Bob Orr -- A spell to catch squid fishermen / Lynn Davidson -- Wellington letter / Lauris Edmond -- Not far / Lauris Edmond -- Little blue / Janis Freegard -- Podner / Ian Wedde -- Today / Dinah Hawken -- 'A window ... full of houses': Suburbs. Bus stop / Jenny Bornholdt -- July, July / Vincent O'Sullivan -- Contents of a breeze, Wellington / Gregory O'Brien -- Now suddenly / Ingrid Horrocks -- Making waves / Chris Orsman -- There is chaos on the roads / Geoff Cochrane -- Houses at night / Alistair Te Ariki Campbell -- Instructions for how to get ahead of yourself while the light still shines / Jenny Bornholdt -- The top / James Brown -- Letter from Holloway Road / Lindsay Rabbitt -- Energy crisis / Rachel McAlpine -- Sunset / Eileen Duggan -- We will, we do / Jenny Bordnholdt -- No trick pon / James Brown -- Summer Oriental Bay / Lauris Edmond -- Lily speaks / Johanna Aitchison -- Last view of Wellington: 1968 / Louis Johnson -- 'Running away from its roots': Parks, bush and beyond. City Sunday / Louis Johnson -- Compared to what / Laurie Duggan -- Common oak, England / Stephanie de Montalk -- Wellington, New Zealand / Robert Creeley -- Transit / Michael Palmer -- Old magnolias / Andrew Johnston -- A ballad of IHC / John Ridland -- Wild daisies / Bub Bridger -- The windy hills o' Wellington / 'The exile' (Henry Lawson) -- Unfamiliar legends of the stars / Kate Camp -- Otari / Louise Wrightson -- The acolyte / Eileen Duggan -- The god of hills / Diana Bridge -- Song in the Hutt Valley / Louis Johnson -- Waitangi Day, Porirua / Vivienne Plumb -- Porirua Friday night / Sam Hunt -- Titahi Bay / Eileen Duggan -- Threnody / Denis Glover -- Magnificat / Allen Curnow -- Weather / Airini Beautrais -- Memory Harbour / Brian Gregory -- Southerly / Robert Sullivan -- From Makara / Bill Sewell -- Toroa: Albatross / Hone Tuwhare -- 'Red Wellington boots': The twenty-first century. Wellington, NZ / Dinah Hawken -- The Tuesday ode / Kirsten McDougall -- Red Wellingtons / Cath Kenneally -- Dreaming in Wellington / Dora Malech -- Beauty sleep / Kate Camp -- Good business / Ian Wedde -- Buckley Road / Airini Beautrais -- Onepu Road / Amy Brown -- Suburbs / James Brown -- Wellywood / Geoff Cochrane -- Cave country / Anna Livesy -- My carbon gaze / Anen Kennedy -- Watching for ice forming / Naomi O'Connor -- 1YA / Sonja Yelich -- Things that don't move in Newtown / Kate Camp -- Terr a Wellington / James Brown.
Summary:
An anthology of 100 poems celebrating Wellington, capturing the vivacity and diversity of the capital, this poetic portrait is a celebration of Wellington and the creative life it inspires.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.