The Leaf-Ride
Author(s): Dinah Hawken
There is a remarkable range of poems in The Leaf-Ride as it travels along in its 'down-welling, up-welling drift': poems that range from the power of a single word to the horror of violence to the joy of a newborn child. At the heart of the book are three sequences to stand alongside those that have formed the backbone of Dinah Hawken's acclaimed oeuvre: a contemplative poem written beside Lake Geneva; the 'Building Sonnets', which observe the construction of a new room; and 'Peace on Earth', which was commissioned to accompany a performance of Haydn's Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross.
Product Information
New Zealand Post Book Awards 2012 Finalist: Poetry
General Fields
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- : 82249
- : Victoria University Press
- : 01 April 2011
- : New Zealand
- : 01 April 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Dinah Hawken
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 821.2
- : 87