James K. Baxter
eBook - ePub

James K. Baxter

Poems

  1. 120 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

James K. Baxter

Poems

About this book

Including 50 poems by revered New Zealand poet and social activist James K. Baxter, this unique and accessibly sized collection offers an insider's view of the man and his work from his longtime friend and fellow poet Sam Hunt. With a range of familiar and lesser-known poems dating from 1945 to 1972, and a substantial essay by Hunt, this compilation offers a fresh and very personal look at the work of an extraordinarily influential poet.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction Sam Hunt
  6. Chapter 1: High Country Weather
  7. Chapter 2: Never No More
  8. Chapter 3: Lament for Barney Flanagan
  9. Chapter 4: By the dry Cardrona
  10. Chapter 5: Sings Clarry
  11. Chapter 6: Turn, turn the capstan
  12. Chapter 7: A Rope for Harry Fat
  13. Chapter 8: Evidence at the Witch Trials
  14. Chapter 9: At Akitio
  15. Chapter 10: For Kevin Ireland
  16. Chapter 11: Elephanta
  17. Chapter 12: The Sixties
  18. Chapter 13: Ballad of Calvary Street
  19. Chapter 14: The Old Owl
  20. Chapter 15: On the Death of her Body
  21. Chapter 16: At Taieri Mouth
  22. Chapter 17: Hokitika Bill
  23. Chapter 18: Brown Bone
  24. Chapter 19: A Takapuna Business Man Considers his Son’s Death in Korea
  25. Chapter 20: On Reading Yevtushenko
  26. Chapter 21: East Coast Journey
  27. Chapter 22: Waipatiki Beach
  28. Chapter 23: Pig Island Letters (2)
  29. Chapter 24: Tomcat
  30. Chapter 25: To Any Young Man who Hears my Verses Read in a Lecture Room
  31. Chapter 26: Ballad of One Tree Hill
  32. Chapter 27: The Beach House
  33. Chapter 28: Henley Pub
  34. Chapter 29: The Holy Life and Death of Concrete Grady
  35. Chapter 30: The Gunner’s Lament
  36. Chapter 31: Thoughts of a Remuera Housewife
  37. Chapter 32: Divorcee
  38. Chapter 33: Words to Lay a Strong Ghost
  39. Chapter 34: Inscription
  40. Chapter 35: To my Father in Spring
  41. Chapter 36: The Communist Speaks
  42. Chapter 37: Fitz Drives Home the Spigot
  43. Chapter 38: Failure
  44. Chapter 39: Letter to Sam Hunt
  45. Chapter 40: Kumara Poem
  46. Chapter 41: Jerusalem Blues
  47. Chapter 42: 91 The Return
  48. Chapter 43: Ferry from Lyttelton
  49. Chapter 44: He Waiata mo Te Kare
  50. Index of first lines
  51. Back Cover