All Blacks' Kitchen Gardens | End of the snapshots | The Gift of You | Incognito | into the vanishing point | Little Rock | Open Book | Parts of the moon  | Tongue in Your Ear | Turbine | Villon in Millerton | The Year of Adverbs

All Blacks' Kitchen Garden by Tim Jones is Tim's second collection of poetry from HeadworX, following Boat People in 2002. It includes his poem "The Translator", which was selected for inclusion in Best New Zealand Poems 2004, and poems which have been published in the Listener, North & South, New Zealand Books, JAAM, and a number of other publications, including US and Australian magazines. The poems in the book range all the way from Southland to Iraq, from a backyard telescope to Mars, from the Rapture to rugby league. Along the way, there's love, sex, children, and Motorhead. Pub. Reviewed March 2008. Price: $24.00; ISBN: 978-0-473-12490-8. (HeadworX)

End of the Snapshots by Bernard Gadd is the last of Bernard's many poetry collections prior to his death in December 2007. Reviewed in September 2007.

The Gift of You by Peb Simmons is the reflective response to the death of an adult son. Peb has a versatile publishing history in several genres, including children's books. This collection leads the reader through her son's childhood and beyond the accident that took him.

Incognito by Jessica Le Bas is the poet's first collection of poetry, written with the assistance of a Creative NZ grant which enabled her to work on it full-time. It is a montage of her last five years' work, and includes some poems that have appeared in a variety of publications. This includes the wonderful and I have something to expiate, her prize-winning poem from the 2003 NZPS International Poetry Competition.

into the vanishing point by Helen Bascand is, surprisingly, only the second collection by this talented and versatile writer. "Surprisingly", because I seem to have read her so many times in so many places, that it seems as though she should have put more collections together. This collection has a wide variety of both her verse and her haiku.

Little Rock is the first collection by poet Rosetta Allan, a writer who worked in the advertising industry for 20 years. Her childhood desire to be a poet took her back to university to complete a BA in English. She has had several poems published in international anthologies, and her book has been accepted by Te Papa, where it can be found in the Art Reference section, as well as the library. It is available from: the Women's Bookstore (Ponsonby), Republic (Ponsonby), Mia Store (Napier), Bettie and Forbes Booksellers (Napier) and Port Chalmers Design Store (Dunedin). You can also order a copy direct from the publisher, Boheme Ltd. Cost $28.

Open Book by Claire Beynon is Claire's first solo collection of poetry, bringing together her own words and images. Claire is a professional artist and writer who has exhibited extensively in NZ and overseas. She won the Open section of the 2002 NZPS International Poetry Competition, and her winning poem is included in this stunning book. Available from Steele Roberts, $49.99.

Parts of the moon - Selected haiku& senryu 1998-2007 is John O'Connor's latest collection, containing his first and third prize-winning haiku from the 2006 NZPS International Competition, and a reprint of his article on technology and verse from the May 2007 issue of a fine line. The poems run the gauntlet of nineteen years of practising the craft, and demonstrate the development of his use of graphic-words.

Poetry Live's Tongue in Your Ear #9
This anthology is in its ninth year and features the poets who've read at Poetry Live in Auckland. This issue includes NZPS members: Alice Hooton, Bronwyn Bryant, David Ingram, and Jenny Clay.

Turbine - online literary journal. Turbine 06 includes work by Sue Wootton, Cliff Fell, Johanna Aitchison, Michele Amas, David Beach and Jo Thorpe.

Villon in Millerton is James Norcliffe's long-awaited sixth collection, containing deceptively accessible poetry that is nevertheless complex and technically enviable.

The Year of Adverbs is Elizabeth Smither's fifteenth book of poetry, in which she celebrates and encourages all the parts of speech poets are advised to avoid. She carries it off beautifully. Reviewed September 2007.


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