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Author:

Johnston, Andrew, 1963- author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJrgHdJMx9yMqXvDVyrKBP

Title:

Fits & starts / Andrew Johnston.

Publisher:

Victoria University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

86 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

2000-2099
New Zealand poetry--21st century.
New Zealand literature--21st century.
New Zealand poetry.
New Zealand poetry--21st century.
poetry.
Poetry.
Poetry.
Poésie.

Notes:

Poems.

Contents:

The otorhinolaryngologist -- So Dad -- Agnes -- Afghanistan -- Hunch -- Woodwind -- Half-life -- Genesis -- Exodus -- Leviticus -- Numbers -- Deuteronomy -- Joshua -- Judges -- Ruth -- I Samuel -- II Samuel -- I Kings -- II Kings -- I Chronicles -- II Chronicles -- Exra -- Nehemiah -- Ester -- Job -- Psalms -- Proverbs -- Ecclesiastes -- Song of Solomon -- Isaiah -- Jeremiah -- Lamentations -- Ezekiel -- Alpha -- Bravo -- Charlie -- Delta -- Echo -- Foxtrot -- Golf -- Hotel -- India -- Juliet -- Kilo -- Lima -- Mike -- November -- Oscar -- Papa -- Quebec -- Romeo -- Sierra -- Tango -- Uniform -- Victor -- Whiskey -- X-ray -- Yankee -- Zulu.

Summary:

Andrew Johnston's mesmerising new collection weaves together fragments of dream, myth, memory and experience. With humour and melancholy, these poems draw upon the random treasures of the radio alphabet and the ancient contradictions of the Old Testament. At their centre, the mythical figure of Echo roams through an imaginary landscape. Hope, love, health and voice disappear and reappear, rescued by faith in poetry's power to invent its own kind of sense.

ISBN:

1776560612
9781776560615

OCLC:

(OCoLC)940556749

LCCN:

2016438492

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)