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RAW, ESSENTIAL NEW COLLECTION FROM ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING VOICES For the 2024 edition of the Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook, editor Tracey Slaughter has once again hit the zeitgeist in her selection of 101 new poems from an exhaustive submission process. Another packed issue, #58 showcases the raw and the vital - including from this year's featured poet, Carin Smeaton - and a blistering introduction from Slaughter herself. In addition there are excellent reviews of a crop of recent poetry books. With work by both established and emerging New Zealand poets, the Yearbook is essential reading for all poetry fans. 'A joy and a triumph' - Erica Stretton, Kete Books 'This belongs in the section of your bookcase you've set aside for quiet little miracles' - Paul Little, North & South '… one of the best New Zealand literary journals around' - Siobahn Harvey, NZ Herald

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Author:   Tracey Slaughter
Publisher:   Massey University Press
Imprint:   Massey University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 20.00cm
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9781991016706

ISBN 10:   1991016700
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   14 March 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

EDITORIAL 11 Tracey Slaughter FEATURED POET: CARIN SMEATON 18 For Arapera and Marino 20 Aunties talk Pukekohe 21 Lael and Grace 22 The Alchemist vs Posie Parker 23 Renata anō 25 The Fate of a Thousand Spiders 26 Ariel 27 Matariki Rising 28 a musical is only 10% of the revolution 29 Dark Passenger 31 Flying whales on earth 32 He calls her a bitch again 34 My Sami Ghost 36 Te Kāhu Pōkere 37 Daughtr of the 90s 38 Morning Symposium 39 a dreadful day 41 Ureia by the Bridge 42 Beth yr a magic realist 43 Meghan Markle’s Sister 45 the good auntie 46 An interview with Carin Smeaton NEW POEMS 52 Abigail Marshall / michelangeloed / how to be art in an automobile incident 53 Adrienne Jansen / Five am among the pine trees 54 Aimee-Jane Anderson-O’Connor / Gorse 55 alana hooton / friday night takeaways 57 Alex Nolan / Working Māmā 58 Alice Hooton / AUNT 59 Amanda Joshua / Complaints re: click and collect 61 Amaris Janel Henderson / Pistol Lullabies 62 Amber Abbott / This isn’t Hell, but I can see it from here 65 Amber Sadgrove / The Janes 67 Anna Jackson-Scott / To return to the body 69 Anuja Mitra / Reprise 70 Anushka Dissanayake / just a teen 72 Ben Jardine / Questions for the Self at the End of Et Al. 74 Brent Cantwell / a dredging ship 75 Brent Kininmont / Bits of Food in My Father’s Lungs 76 Britt Clark / Monstrous 78 Bronte Heron / Sonnet 79 Charles Ross / Hikaroroa 82 Chris Stewart / Mary regrets her pregnancy 83 Chrys Anthemum / the duality of Jane Doe 85 Cindy Botha / penumbra 86 Cindy Zeiher / Vers(e) 87 Clare Riddell / lover’s eye 88 Dadon Rowell / Firsts 89 David Čiurlionis / Waking up 90 David Simes / when you dumped me, why did you quote the hot priest from Fleabag? 91 Devon Webb / NEW WORLD 93 Eliana Gray / On the plane up to Tāmaki Makaurau, feeling alive 95 Elizabeth Morton / In sum 96 Elliot McKenzie / Small heights 97 Erik Kennedy /This Usually Represents a Desire to Achieve Greatness in your Social and Professional Life 98 essa may ranapiri / love as a verb 99 Ethan Christensen / my boy (so gentle 101 Evie Howell / The shape of one 103 Frances Libeau / bach 114 104 Francesca Leader / Hey, —— You Piece of Shit, Are You Emotionally Available Yet? 106 Freya Norris / I love you 16cm deep 107 Geoff Sawers / Too early in the spring 108 Grace Lawrence / when the pawn hits the conflicts he thinks like a king . . . 109 Heidi North / Fill in the blank 110 Holly H. Bercusson / no fat saints 111 Iain Britton / Deep down the air is rarely sweet 115 Idoya Munn / I’m writing a poem tonight 116 Imé Corkery / something to be certain about 117 Iona Winter / Lodestone 119 Jack Ross / My mother’s rose bushes 121 James Norcliffe / Fade to Black 122 Jan FitzGerald / unWelcome swallows 123 Jan Kemp / Chimera — a song cycle 125 Jan Napier / I Start to tell You 126 Jane Simpson / Imagined scar 127 Janet Newman / Nocturne 128 Janet Wainscott / ‘In loving memory’ 129 Janis Freegard / Samhain 131 Jenny Powell / from The Relevance of Berthe Hoola van Nooten 133 Jessica Le Bas / Driving through the night 135 Jessica Thornley / Mahuika Takes the Underground 137 Jessie Burnette / sets 139 Joel LeBlanc / Corpse Fauna 140 John Geraets / . . . from RIVERSPELL31 141 John Tuke / One of those days poetic 142 Keirryn Hintz / Eleanor 145 Keith Nunes / Mother as poet 146 Kerrin P. Sharpe / I wake @ 2am and know 147 Layal Moore / La Sylphide 148 Liam Hinton / a love poem 153 Liz Breslin / In Kathmandu, Te Tihi-o-Maru 155 Loretta Riach / Pastoral Leakages 156 Lucy Miles / Good Weather for Ducks 157 Margaret Moores / Likeness 160 Mark Prisco / worm theory 164 Medb Charleton / Wairēinga/Bridal Veil Falls 165 Megan Kitching / In the Midnight Zone 166 Michael Giacon / The kiss of light 168 Michael Steven / Strains: Northern Lights 169 Nathaniel Calhoun / blue penguins 170 Naveena Menon / if this text chain finds you, send something back: 172 Nicholas Wright / The Firebox 173 Nicola Andrews / Now that Dr Ropata is in Guatemala 174 Nigel Skjellerup / a kind of agony 175 Olivia Macassey / Millstone 176 Owen Bullock / Possibles 178 Paula Harris / If you have ever had a delayed flight . . . 180 Penelope Scarborough / Graveyard Lover 182 Philip Armstrong / Anastomosis 184 Rachael Elliott / Mild 187 Riemke Ensing /This is not goodbye 188 Sara Al-Bahar / road kill 190 Sarah-Kate Simons / Angel Parking 191 Shaun Stockley / Autumn (onset) 192 Shivani Agrawal / [in-flight meal] 193 Sophia Wilson / Do not step here, Othello 195 Sophie Rae-Jordan / Offering 196 Stu Bagby / Red Hands Cave 197 Tunmise Adebowale / A Little Grace 199 Vaughan Rapatahana / whakarongo ki ngā manu / listen to the birds 200 Victor Billot / Lost in Space 201 Wes Lee / Wearing the Night 205 Willow Noir / Obliterated Affairs 206 Wren Boyer / a crack lets in the darkness, too ESSAYS 210 Erena Shingade / Beneath the Linden Trees: Richard von Sturmer and the Mind of Meditation 221 John Geraets / Constant Structure REVIEWS 236 Abigail Marshall: Claire Orchard / Hannah Mettner 242 Aimee-Jane Anderson-O’Connor: Sarah Lawrence / harold coutts / Arielle Walker / Leah Dodd 248 Anthony Kohere: Alice Te Punga Somerville / Jessica Hinerangi 256 Dadon Rowell: Claudia Jardine / Sophia Wilson 261 David Simes: Jake Arthur 264 David Wrigley: James Norcliffe / C. K. Stead / David Eggleton 270 Frances Libeau: Hazel Smith 273 Jane Matthews: Ila Selwyn / Jan FitzGerald / Vivienne Ullrich 280 Jessica Thornley: Louise Wallace 284 Jessie Burnette: Michele Leggott 287 Marcus Hobson: Koenraad Kuiper / Titirangi Poets 295 Mark Prisco: James Brown / Rogelio Guedea / Tim Upperton 304 Medb Charleton: Diana Bridge / Elizabeth Smither / Stephanie de Montalk 312 Michelle Rahurahu: Ruby Solly 317 Naveena Menon: Jane Arthur / Morgan Bach / Sudha Rao 325 Sara Al-Bahar: Khadro Mohamed 329 CONTRIBUTORS 343 ABOUT POETRY AOTEAROA YEARBOOK

Reviews

"""A joy and a triumph"" -- Erica Stretton, Kete Books ""This belongs in the section of your bookcase you've set aside for quiet little miracles"" -- Paul Little, North & South ""... one of the best New Zealand literary journals around"" -- Siobahn Harvey, NZ Herald"

Author Information

Dr Tracey Slaughter is a poet and short story writer. She is the author of six books, including: Conventional Weapons (Victoria University Press, 2019), Devil's Trumpet (Victoria University Press, 2021) and the award-winning novella if there is no shelter (Ad Hoc, 2020). She has been widely anthologised and has received numerous awards, including the international Bridport Prize (2014), BNZ Katherine Mansfield Awards in 2004 and 2001, and in 2023 she was the winner of the Manchester Poetry Prize. Her short story collection, Deleted Scenes for Lovers, was acclaimed as ‘note-perfect’ (Spinoff) and ‘intoxicating . . . self-assured, forceful’ (Listener). In 2014 she established the literary journal Mayhem. She lives in Kirikiriroa Hamilton and teaches creative writing at the University of Waikato.

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