moments in the whirlwind
the New Zealand Poetry Society Anthology 2009
edited by Barbara Strang
The annual NZPS anthology showcases the winners of the 2009 international poetry and haiku competitions. We are proud to present moments in the whirlwind to our members and to the wider literary community. This year's anthology contains haiku and poems by 138 adults and children, from 9 different countries. The book was created from entries to the 2009 New Zealand Poetry Society Competitions: the award winning entries, and an equal number chosen by the editor from the thousands of entries. This is a lively collection, an overview of the state of poetry in 2009. The verdict must be: it's in excellent health. ISBN: 978-0-473-15679-4  |
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Send news of your publication to the National Coordinator at info@poetrysociety.org.nz The Editor receives more books for review than there is either space or budget for in the NZPS publication a fine line. NZPS members have priority for promotion.
Books marked with * are available for review.
*Anomalous Appetites ed John Irvine (e-book, 2009) An illustrated 209-page anthology of speculative poetry, available at both Lulu.com and Amazon.com I have the pdf available for an interested reviewer.
*aup new poets 3 (AUP, 2008) is a joint collection by Janis Freegard, Katherine Liddy and Reihana Robinson.
James K. Baxter Poems selected & introduced by Sam Hunt.
*David Beach - The End of Atlantic City (VUP, 2008). David's new collection, hot on the heels of his receipt of the Prize in Modern Letters.
Before the Sirocco - ed Joanna Preston. The 2008 anthology of the New Zealand Poetry Society
Blackmail Press 24 Online journal, guest edited by Miriam Barr. 16 of the contributors are NZPS members, and another 6 are past (lapsed) members.
Jenny Bornholdt - The Rocky Shore (VUP, 2008) Her latest collection, containing 6 long autobiographical poems. Read the review at: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutrockyshore
Bravado 17's cover features Maori moko in bold russet and black against an artfully-shaded background. The artwork is by Dion Seeling (with cover design by WordforWord.) Inside Dion is interviewed by Kirsten Cliff, Bravado's ‘roving arts reporter'.This issue has another plus: prizewinning entries from the 6th Bravado International Poetry Competition, carefully chosen by judge Sue Wootton from a massive entry of 703 anonymous poems. No doubt this record number was partly inspired by the introduction of a Special Prize for an Unpublished Poet. Carol Cromie, the inaugural winner, was also Highly Commended for another poem. Turn to Bravado's centre pages and you'll discover what makes a prizewinning poem.
Bravado 17 is on sale for $10. A 1-year subscription is $30; 2 years' $55 incl. p&p. Details online at www.bravado.co.nz
*Diana Bridge - Aloe: & Other Poems (AUP, 2009)
*Sarah Broom - Tigers at Awhitu (Auckland University Press, 2010)
Amy Brown - The Propaganda Poster Girl (VUP, 2008) Review: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutppg
Broadsheet 1. A new poetry periodical in chapbook form, from prolific HeadworX publisher Mark Pirie. Mark selects and invites poets to contribute (ie submissions are not accepted), and the periodical will be available twice a year (May & November). Issue 1 includes poems by Robin Fry. To purchase: email Mark: mpirie@xtra.co.nz RRP is $10, but subscriptions are $12 for 2 issues. broadsheet, 97/43 Mulgrave St, Wellington 6011.
Alistair Te Ariki Campbell and Meg Campbell - It's Love, Isn't It? (HeadworX, 2008). Alistair's fulfillment of Meg's wish to publish their poems together. His and Hers love poems on facing pages make this a striking and beautiful observance of close to half a century spent together.
*Jill Chan - These Hands Are Not Ours (Earl Of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2009)
*Geoff Cochrane - Pocket Edition (VUP 2009)
*Neroli Cottam - The Yellow Middle - a collection of poems and artwork; (self-published, 2009)
Lynn Davidson - How to live by the sea (VUP, 2009). Lynn's third poetry book. Read the review at: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/abouthtlbts
Stephanie de Montalk - Vivid Familiar (VUP, 2009). Stephanie's fourth. Read the review at: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutvf
DIY Graffiti - the 8th collection of the Re-Draft series, published by Clerestory Press for the Christchurch School for Young Writers. It features a comprehensive collection of young people's work, both poetry and prose. With selections made by co-editors James Norcliffe and Tessa Duder you just know these are going to be among the best works from young people currently writing and honing their skills. ISBN 978-0-9582888-3-5 Obtainable from the School for Young Writers or Clerestory Press, PO Box 2120, Christchurch 8140. Reviewed July 2009.
Eclecticism, the on-line magazine from Australia, is at http://www.eclecticzine.com/
Cliff Fell - Beauty of the Badlands - Read the review at: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutfellreview
Oh Light ed. Anna Gilkison is "an anthology of writings and reflections to enrich the spirit". As well as work by NZPS member Trish Harris, the collection includes contributions from such significant non-members as Archimedes, Joy Cowley, Anne French, Martin Luther King Jnr, Rainer Maria Rilke, Teresa of Avila, and Hone Tuwhare. Read the review at: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutlight
David Gregory - Push (Black Doris Press, 2008) is David's third poetry collection, available for $18 from Black Doris Press, David Howard, 213 Purakanui Rd, RD1, Port Chalmers 9081 or davidhoward@xtra.co.nz. Read the review at: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutpush
Bernadette Hall - The Lustre Jug (VUP, 2009) Read the review at: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutlj
*Michael Harlow - The Tram Conductor's Blue Cap. The latest from this eclectic writer; a selection of poems completed while Resident at Wellington's Randell Cottage.
the infinity we swim in - ed Joanna Preston. The 2007 Anthology of The New Zealand Poetry Society. ISBN 978-0-473-12736-7
JAAM 27, edited by Ingrid Horrocks, features, among others, Johanna Aitchison, Majella Cullinane, Sue Fitchett, Anne Harré, Siobhan Harvey, Helen Lehndorf, Tim Jones, Helen Lowe, Lora Mountjoy, Tim Nees, Keith Westwater and Pat White.
*John Knight - letters from the asylum. (Sudden Valley Press, 2009)
Kokako 11 is out, with editors Patricia Prime and Joanna Preston putting together a fabulous collection of haiku, tanka, haibun and reviews.
Richard Langston - The Trouble Lamp (FitzBeck Publishing, 2009)
*Jessica Le Bas - Walking To Africa (AUP, 2009) A moving journey through the mental health jungle by an award-winning poet.
*Michele Leggott - Mirabile Dictu. The latest collection from the inaugural New Zealand Poet Laureate.
*Julie Leibrich - Shadow Friend (Rosetta Press, 2009)
*Vana Manasiadis - Ithaca Island Bay Leaves, a mythistorima (Seraph Press, 2010). An expansive debut collection published by Helen Rickerby's boutique press.
Selina Tusitala Marsh - fast talking PI (AUP, 2009) A stunning collection of poems (with CD) of all kinds, with a particularly pleasing Pacific presence. Read the review at: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutftpi
*Frankie McMillan - Dressing for the Cannibals (Sudden Valley Press, 2009).
Harvey Molloy - Moonshot (Steele Roberts, 2008) is Harvey's first collection, against a background of poems published in NZ Listener, JAAM and Takahe. Harvey won the Open Section of the NZPS international poetry competition in 2004. Read the review at: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutmoonshot
Emma Neale - Spark (Steele Roberts, 2008) Reviewed January 2009, ISBN 978-1-877448-19-5
*John Newton - The Double Rainbow (VUP 2009). The story of James K Baxter at Jerusalem.
*John O'Connor - Cornelius & Co - Collected Working-Class Verse 1996-2009 (Post Pressed, 2010) ISBN 9781921214448
*Michael O'Leary Paneta Street (HeadworX, 2008)
Bob Orr - Calypso (AUP, 2008) Read the review at: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutcalypso
Chris Orsman - the lakes of mars (Auckland University Press, 2008) Reviewed January 2009. ISBN 978 186940 408 6
*Vincent O'Sullivan - Further Convictions Pending, Poems 1998-2008 (VUP 2009)
Our Favourite Poems - New Zealanders choose their best-loved poems (Craig Potton, 2007). A collection of the top 100 poems chosen by the public through a Sunday Star-Times promotion. Read the review at: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutofp
Voyagers - Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand (Interactive Press, 2009) ed Mark Pirie and Tim Jones. The long-awaited volume of speculative poetry, including contributions from David Gregory, Jenny Powell, Harvey Molloy, Tim Jones, Fleur Adcock, Fiona Kidman, Mary Cresswell, Janis Freegard, Robin Fry and Helen Rickerby.
Chris Price- the blind singer (AUP, 2009) Chris's third collection, a delicious set of poems ushered in by a Bill Hammond cover. Read the review at: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutblindsinger
Helen Rickerby My Iron Spine (HeadworX, 2008) My personal pick for poetry book of the year. Read the review at: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutironspine
*Ron Riddell & Raul Henao - Selected Haiku (Fundacion Zen Montana de Silencio, 2009) In English and Spanish.
New New Zealand Poets in Performance eds Jack Ross and Jan Kemp (AUP, 2008) Book & CD. Presenting young and mid-career poets from the 1980s to the early 2000s. Reviewed January 2009. ISBN not available.
Richard Reeve - In Continents (AUP, 2008) Reviewed January 2009. ISBN 1869404068
*Charlotte Simmonds - The World's Fastest Flower (VUP, 2008)
Jeanette Stace - Green Tea. This lovely book has been published posthumously by a team consisting of Jeanette's literary executor, Jane Shallcrass, and her family. It contains a great many of her haiku, for which Jeanette was well known, plus a handful of pages of tanka, and a rich and eclectic selection of her verse. There is a bonus section at the end, of Jeanette's 'Last Words'. The book is available at Unity Books, or for $27 (incl.p&p) from Hilary Stace, 58 Cecil Rd, Wadestown, Wellington 6012, or email: stacefamily@actrix.co.nz
C K Stead Collected Poems 1951-2006 (AUP, 2008) What it says - the collected poems of a master at work. Read the reviews at: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutsteadpart1 and http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutsteadpart2
The 2009 issue of online literary journal Turbine (www.vuw.ac.nz/turbine) is online. The NZPS is represented by David Beach, Carol Cromie, Kerrin P. Sharpe, Jo Thorpe and Tim Upperton, along with a memoir by Pat White.
Brian Turner - Just This (VUP, 2009)
*Twenty Contemporary New Zealand Poets - ed Andrew Johnston & Robyn Marsack (VUP 2009) Includes NZPS Patron Vincent O'Sullivan.
Bryan Walpert - Etymology (Cinnamon Press, 2009) is Bryan's first collection of poetry, and includes 'Aubade', the poem with which he won the NZPS International Poetry Competition in 2007. Read the review at: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/aboutetymology
*Ian Wedde - Good Business (AUP, 2009). A book full of couplets but don't let that put you off.
*Edwin Wilson - My Brother Jim (Woodbine Press, 2009) A collection of memoir poems by an Australian poet and artist who has talented fingers in many pies.
Sonya Yelich Get Some (AUP, 2008) Reviewed January 2009 ISBN 978-1-86940-423-9
* Please contact the National Coordinator if you would like to review any marked publication for the Society's magazine, a fine line.
