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Tony Beyer 

Tony Beyer was born in Auckland in 1948 and lives in New Plymouth.  His most recent books are the tanka collection Isthmus and Dream Boat: selected poems. Contact Tony.

  

  
riverbank
lined with hats
whitebait season
  
  
south road
crosses on a fence
where a family ended
  
  
nobody home
the evangelists
talk to the dog
  
  
first love
the secret her face
tells everyone
  
  
late walk
beach and moon
the same curve
  
  
all the notes
in the skylark's song
sky blue

 

 

sandflies
tiny bits
of Buddha
  

 

summer ice
the shopkeeper
bangs his scoop
  

 

magnolia shade
cicadas
in both ears
  

 

livestock auction
no one bids
for the sparrows

 

 

 

Publication notes:

riverbank: paper wasp 7 (Australia) 2001.

south road: ibid.

nobody home: Famous Reporter 26 (Australia) 2002.

first love: Kokako 2 (NZ) 2004.

late walk: paper wasp 10, 2004.

all the notes: Bottle Rockets 11 (US) 2004.

sandflies: Kokako 8, 2008.

summer ice, The Heron's Nest X.3 (US) 2008.

magnolia shade: unpublished.


livestock auction: Kokako 11, 2009.

 

 

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