Hone Tuwhare: Shape-Shifter, Manukau in Manukau, Auckland for sale

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No signatures.; First printing. 119 pages + [1] page advertisements. French flaps. Page dimensions: 228 x 152mm."This collection of 53 poems - 35 not previously in book form - ranges from sensual through erotic to environmental and political. Also included are two remarkable stories,'Shape-Shifter'and'Maui&Toko', creative inventions based on Maori legend."- from blurb on rear cover. Contents: Preface: Peach by Shirley Grace; Foreword; Introduction by Bill Lennox; Time out; Big Whale Itch; Thank You; Letter / Poem; Yes; When the karaka trees whistled and said to us: Kia kaha! ; For they who wear a crown of thorns; Ru-au-moko; A northland heart-scape; Moko; The pond, the tree and fish; Norfolk pines on Pakiri Beach; Drug Lore; Covetous; Inconspicuously sensual; Sparrow-fart, is a tremor of light at dawn; The Champagne-box inquiry has helped me; Gargle gargle, wave; To a girl poet; Poetics; Fifteen minutes in the life of Johannes H. Jean Ivanovich; Devonport Ferry; Spring Song; Sun-rise; Tangaroa at Te Araroa 1979; Protocol; Salvaged; Against wallowing sentimentality; How to dispose of your ashes with panache; Shape-shifter; Dawn; Yvonne; Sappho is impatient with her daughter, Cleis; Waiata aroha (traditional) ; I hold rhetorical hands with the sea; God's Day to you too, tree; I peer down Tangaroa's throat; Kaka Point; A hongi for you too, Spring; Social notes on Wellington; The sun is a truant; I take your pulse; Seduction; Niu Tireni (long white shroud) ; Tangaroa: sea-food provider; Warawara, Pureora, Okarito; Put a searchlight on the bastards: expose them; Haiku; Science of Feeling; Wry song; Balloon; Prayer before going to bed; Rachel, baby.; A German teacher gives a lesson in Physics; to a mixed class in English; Maui&Toko; Previous printings.; 8vo
Author
Hone Tuwhare
Title
Shape-Shifter
Publisher name
Steele Roberts (1997), Wellington
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1997
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Soft cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Fine
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Key words
New Zealand Literature Poetry Poet
Topic
Poetry, Generalfiction, Anthologies (multiple Authors)
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