Nouns, verbs, etc. : (selected poems) /
"One of New Zealand's most versatile writers, Fiona Farrell has published four collections of poetry over 25 years, from Cutting Out (1987) to The Broken Book (2011). Nouns, verbs, etc. collects the best work from these books, and intersperses them with other poems thus far 'uncollect...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Dunedin, New Zealand :
Otago University Press, Te Whare tā o Te Wānanga o Otākou,
2020.
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| Summary: | "One of New Zealand's most versatile writers, Fiona Farrell has published four collections of poetry over 25 years, from Cutting Out (1987) to The Broken Book (2011). Nouns, verbs, etc. collects the best work from these books, and intersperses them with other poems thus far 'uncollected'. The themes are wide ranging: political and personal, regional and global, including love and birth and death, war and emigration, history and landscape. The poems mix lyricism with the flat and plainspoken mode of Kiwi vernacular; they channel voices infrequently heard in poetry in traditional song and ballad forms. They are well crafted but unpretentious, jokey yet illuminating, self-deprecating but wise, sad and funny and deeply human."--Publisher description. |
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| Item Description: | Anthology. Coloured illustration on inside of cover. |
| Physical Description: | 211 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781988592534 1988592534 |