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Lifted : Vup Classics
Paperback Edition: 1
There are mothers and fathers, Kevin, whom we barely know. They lift us. Eventually we all shall go into the dark furniture of the radio. The last lines of Bill Manhires astonishing poem Kevin lie at the heart of this book. These poems want urgently to know how the secular spirit can lift itself in the face of mortality and human violence. They are full of richness and courage and surprise, turning from grief to curiosity; then to beauty, humour, anger, gratitude, acceptance and once again to curiosity. Lifted is a book by a poet writing at the height of his powers.
Featured in the 29 October 2018 New Zealand newsletter.
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Pages : 75
Publisher : Te Herenga Waka University Pre
Publication date : 2018-08-01
Subjects: Fiction, NZ Poetry, Poetry, NZ Poetry By Individual Poets, Poetry By Individual Poets