Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-72).
Contents:
Introduction / David Eggleton. Mornington. Love soldier -- Soliloquy III, from Arawata Bill / Denis Glover. Playing God -- Shadow show / Ruth Dallas. Wind claw -- At the exhibition : 'Gun Club', Eion Stevens / Lauris Edmond. At the Gun Club -- Swinging the 4 X 2 / John O'Connor. Prisoner of conscience. Sleep sleep -- Sleep sleep / James Norcliffe. Kid gloves / Emma Neale. White glove -- The angel sails over the sails / David Howard. Messenger -- Small pictures of Dunedin / Peter Olds. A yearning for specific pine trees. The joltist (Kitaj) -- My favourite / Nick Ascroft -- SS film of a village clearance -- Poland 1943 / Peter Bland. Stumble -- Night of a woman / Ian Wedde. Stage set (for a poem by Ian Wedde) -- The test / Rachel McAlpine. The hat tree -- Poetry in the afternoon as it might have been / Riemke Ensing / Sky bleed -- Sanary / Katherine Mansfield. Touch-me-not -- Axis / Cilla McQueen. Shield -- Kaitawa / CK Stead. Spirits' Bay / co-authored by Cueba Kumalija -- Heart attack / Jenny Bornholdt. Sixty-three -- Sea breeze / John Dickson. Hanky -- This is goodbye / Kevin Ireland. This is goodbye -- Blue rain / Alistair Te Ariki Campbell. Rain.
Summary:
Eion Stevens, one of our foremost painters, converses on the page with a selection of New Zealand's most-loved poets.
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