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March 2005 Lambton Quay WELLINGTON New Zealand Poetry Society Newsletter PO Box 5283 March 2005 Lambton Quay WELLINGTON New Zealand Poetry Society Patrons Dame Fiona Kidman Vincent O’Sullivan Te Hunga Tito Ruri o Aotearoa President Gillian Cameron With the Assistance of Creative NZ E-mail Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa [email protected] Website ISSN 1176-6409 www.poetrysociety.org.nz Children, and lame and crippled men herding them into freight wagons. This Month’s Meeting (Self Deception) Thursday March 17th 8 p.m. Turnbull House 11 Bowen Street A poet’s ‘voice’ can be summed up as meaning how the Wellington lines sound whether read silently or aloud. We can see these at work in a poem by Denis Glover, from one of his Arawata Jenny Powell-Chamber Bill series of 1953: And Anna Jackson And Bill set up his camp and watched His young self, river-cold and scratched, Struggling across, and up the wrong ridge, Front Page Essay And turning back, temper on edge. (The river crossing) What Should a Budding Poet Aim At? This is a voice that uses rhyme confidently, naturally By Bernard Gadd and well along with the light '-ing' rhymes of the first stanza, and the rhymes based on the final consonants of The first goal is to find a poetic voice or voices of your the second stanza. The words are simple – only ‘ominous’ own, the ways of writing that you find congenial and is perhaps more literary – and refer to tangible things that effective. Your voice doesn’t have to be an entirely original feed our imagination. It’s a rhythmic but not metrical line. one, one that readers instantly recognize. Of course some The difference in line length unfussily shows the gap writers do have such voices. I think C K Stead is one: between the young and the older Bill, and the extra stress in the third line of that stanza helps make the point about Sonorous the unnecessary hardships the younger man imposed on he reads into a mike himself, part of the self-deprecating humour of the poem. a text he means should be The language fits the character depicted. It’s a voice that devoid of meaning could be – and was – used for many kinds of poem. The (John Cage at Havard, 1988) strong vowels chime – ou, o, o (as in knocking), and a (scratched), u (up) e (edge). They repeat in assonance Nor do you have to find one voice which you always use. rhyme and consonants alliterate. The entire approach You’re not writing a mass-produced product which must suggests an older poem, yet of a sort that retains its appeal. have predictability. What a poet has to do is find the voice Voice also will be influenced by what moves you, that’s right for each poem. Here’s Mike O’Leary having fun: inspires you, angers or delights you. These are what can give depth to your poetry, as in these Blakean lines: Alles verfallen Axis old as love, pasta The house of the governors, guarded by eunuchs, melon, cauli, fish and over the arch of the gate (Songs of a Tokio Greengrocer) these words engraved: HE WHO IMPUGNS THE USURERS IMPERILS and in a similar but not identical voice, being serious: THE STATE (‘Utopia’, from Dominion, A R D Fairburn) Our guards were rounding up old women Will the voice be genuinely yours, or that of an observer? by Canterbury University Press this April. My most recent Or will it alter with the purpose and character of the poem? books have been Rat Tickling in 2003, the anthology of British poet Sean Boustead was 25 when he wrote this, an Canterbury poems Big Sky which Bernadette Hall and I interesting and sophisticated instance of a voice that expresses edited in 2002, and the Redraft series of anthologies of young detachment yet also suggests underlying anger and grief: people’s writing which I’ve edited with Alan Bunn. I am currently the poetry editor of both Takahe magazine and the There is peace in a landscape after war. Christchurch Press. Flowers, tourists, lean around the walls to which the poet, who was paid to shout From the Editor but shouted incorrectly, was led to, shot; seven of the trees in the old pictures You should find a subs renewal form inserted in this lean indifferently; beautiful vultures month’s newsletter. Everyone who returns their renewal form move through the air in beautiful circles. before 24 March goes in the draw to win two great new (A Landscape After War) books: The Red Tram by C K Stead and Palaver Lava Queen by Sue Fitchett, so get those forms back in quickly! The Do you see yourself mainly as a performance poet or a results of the draw will be published in the April newsletter. poet of the written (or electronic) word? The performer aims We are delighted to announce that the New Zealand at immediate response from an audience, using intonation, Poetry Society has been awarded a Lion Foundation grant gestures, body and so on to encourage reaction … but these towards the costs of the newsletter production and that the may make for thin poetry on the page. What are you going to Whitireia Polytechnic Publishing students will be providing ask of your readers … to read attentively, to use their us with editorial assistance. Thank you! imaginations, to understand it all at one reading, to look to This issue we welcome new contributors Anna Jackson, your poetry for recreation rather than, say, challenge or Anna Livesey and Adrienne Jansen. surprise? If you are interested in reporting on poetry events in your It’s good advice to find and become familiar with the area we would love to hear from you, contact the editor for work of poets whose writing is congenial to you and relate to further information. If you have reported on events in the past what you want to do and can do well. But also read widely but have not heard from the editor it may be we no longer among other poets … there is always something to learn have your contact details, please feel free to get in touch. from well crafted writing. Many of you may have already noticed the work Jane Probably the best advice of all is never be satisfied with Harris has been doing on our website with residencies, less than your best work. If you find it hard to choose your submissions and competition deadlines along with breaking best, there are always more experienced poets willing to offer poetry news. Thank you Jane! We are planning to construct suggestions. Here in conclusion is an interestingly controlled comprehensive poets’ resources on the site over 2005 so keep voice by another 25-year-old British writer: visiting. Don’t forget you can still view back issues of the This is simply to inform you: newsletter in the members’ section and download competition forms. that beneath the spray of my expensive scent Website: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/ my armpits sound a bass note strong as the boom of a palm on a kettle drum; Obituary (Poem for a Man with No Sense of Smell, Kate Clanchy) The Road Less Travelled From the Committee The Nelson poet Alexander Ferguson died recently. His funeral notice began in typical style. ‘I, Alexander Ferguson, Introducing James Norcliffe: originally of 1912 Scottish vintage, wish to advise my I am very pleased to have been elected to the New departure on 7th January for, St Andrew willing, a better Zealand Poetry Society Committee and look forward to place.’ He also thanked the dedicated, compassionate staff of taking part in its deliberations. I have been a longstanding the Nelson hospice for ‘assisting at my transition’. Alex's member of the Christchurch Poets’ Collective and have been notice ended with some well-known lines from Robert Frost, very involved with the poetry world in Christchurch and who was a second cousin twice removed: other parts of the South Island for many years as a practitioner, performer, editor and facilitator of poetry Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – courses. I trust my presence will bring a southern perspective I took the one less travelled by, to the committee’s work and that I’ll be able to serve as a And that has made all the difference. liaison between north and south. I have published my work (Report from IIML) widely here and overseas and I’ve published a number of collections. My latest Along Blueskin Road will be launched New Zealand Poetry Society © March 2005 Editor: Helen Heath, [email protected] 2 Upcoming Events 11.00am and 4.00pm. Tickets are $25 and gate sales are available. To contact coordinator Philippa Broad, phone Honouring Words Aotearoa (06) 378 2875, or e-mail [email protected] Whakatairanga i te Kupu A Warm Welcome to … Honouring Words: International Indigenous Authors Celebration Tour was initiated by Canadian writer and Cliff Fell – Motueka publisher Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm (Anishnaabe) in 2002 to Evan Keats – Wellington promote and expose the work of indigenous writers to a Celia Power-Loefler – Geraldine growing international audience. Mandy Thomas – Taupo A group of nine exciting and innovative indigenous Roger Barker – Dunedin writers and storytellers from Canada, Australia and Aotearoa Anne Perera – Palmerston North New Zealand will be on tour. They will bring readings and Gaye Sutton – Carterton performances to venues throughout the North Island from the David Ingram – North Shore Tuna Café in Moerewa to Te Papa in Wellington.
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