Whistling in the Dark
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Whistling in the Dark comprises two approximately equal sections: (1) poems and (2) prose poems; both sections were written between 1994 and 2012.
The poems cover a range of topics and themes and include 'Mother and Child', the winning poem of the Poetry Society's International Poetry Competition, 2006. All poems have been previously published in magazines, journals and anthologies.
The prose poems are, more accurately, a combination of prose poems and hybrid forms of the prose poem. As such they represent a departure from the standard prose poem as found in NZ and international journals and magazines. Again, there is a range of topics and themes and most of the pieces have been previously published in magazines, journals and anthologies.
Whistling in the Dark is the 11th book of poems by John O'Connor.
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