NEW ZEALAND POEMS CHOSEN BY BILL MANHIRE GODWTT contents introduction 1: Anon. / CHARM 2: Cilia McQueen / LIVING HERE 3: Anon. / A YOUNG WOMAN FORSAKEN BY HER LOVER 4: Chris Orsman / GHOST SHIPS 5: Anon. / DAVID LOWSTON 6: Anon. / THE MARRIED ANTIPODES 7: James Edward Fitzgerald / THE NIGHT WATCH SONG OF THE 'CHARLOTTE JANE' 8: John Barr of Craigielee / THERE'S NAE PLACE LIKE OTAGO YET 9: Fiona Farrell / CHARLOTTE O'NEIL'S SONG 10: Ruth Dallas / PIONEER WOMAN WITH FERRETS 11: Jessie Mackay / THE CHARGE AT PARIHAKA 12: W.H. Oliver / PARIHAKA 13: Arthur H. Adams / THE DWELLINGS OF OUR DEAD 14: David McKee Wright / OUR CITIES FACE THE SEA 15: Dinah Hawken / THE TUG OF WAR 16: Thomas Bracken / NOT UNDERSTOOD 17: Peter Bland / BEGINNINGS: GUTHRIE SMITH IN NEW ZEALAND 1885 18: Anne Glenny Wilson / A SPRING AFTERNOON IN NEW ZEALAND 19: William Charles Hodgson / THE LAY OF THE WEATHER-BOUND 20: William Satchell / SONG OF THE GUMFIELD 21: Blanche Baughan / THE OLD PLACE 22: Henry Lawson / THE WINDY HILLS O' WELLINGTON 23: Kevin Ireland / THE FIRST TRIBUTE 24: Lloyd Jones / HOW WE THINK 25: Arnold Wall / THE CITY FROM THE HILLS 26: John Gallas' / ANZAC SNAP 27: Katherine Mansfield / TO L.H.B. 28: Ursula Bethell / RESPONSE 29: R.A.K. Mason / OLD MEMORIES OF EARTH 30: Eileen Duggan / THE BUSHFELLER 31: Una Currie / TREES 32: Denis Glover / THE MAGPIES 33: A.R.D. Fairburn / WALKING ON MY FEET 34: Bub Bridger / JOHNNY COME DANCING 35: Charles Brasch / THE ISLANDS 36: J.R. Hervey / SHE WAS MY LOVE WHO COULD DELIVER 37: Robin Hyde / from THE BEACHES 38: Donald McDonald / TIME 39: Janet Frame / A NOTE ON THE RUSSIAN WAR 40: Bruce Stronach / LAST RUN 41: William Hart-Smith / SUBJECT MATTER 42: Mary Stanley / THE WIFE SPEAKS 43: Rachel McAlpine / BEFORE THE FALL 44: Peter Cape / TAUMARUNUI 45: Joe Charles / BLACK BILLY TEA 46: Hone Tuwhare / MONOLOGUE 47: M.K. Joseph / SECULAR LITANY 48: Mary / TELEPHONE WIRES 49: Keith Sinclair / THE BOMB IS MADE 50: Louis Johnson / SONG IN THE HUTT VALLEY 51: Kendrick Smithyman / COLVILLE 1964 52: Fleur Adcock / FOR A FIVE-YEAR-OLD 53: Vincent O'Sullivan / DON'T KNOCK THE RAWLEIGH'S MAN 54: Alistair Te Ariki Campbell / WHY DON'T YOU TALK TO ME? 55: James K. Baxter / A SMALL ODE ON MIXED FLATTING 56: David Mitchell / TH BALLAD OF ROSY CROCHET 57: Peter Olds / REVISITING V8 NOSTALGIA 58: Sam Hunt / MAINTRUNK COUNTRY ROADSONG 59: Ian Wedde / PATHWAY TO THE SEA 60: Florence E. Allan / WHAT NEXT? 61: Rore Hapipi / ANCESTORS 62: Murray Edmond / SHACK 63: Michael Jackson / MAKING IT OTHERWISE 64: Wystan Curnow / 'WHAT ARE KNOWN IN NEW ZEALAND 65: Apirana Taylor / SAD JOKE ON A MARAE 66: Allen Curnow / THE PARAKEETS AT KAREKARE 67: Lauris Edmond / THE NAMES 68: Keri Hulme / WHAKATU 69: Iain Sharp / A GAME FOR CHILDREN 70: Glennis Foster / NIGHT AND NOISES 71: John Newton / FERRET TRAP 72: Hugh Lauder / THE INVINCIBLE 73: Kim Eggleston / THE BACK ROAD BACK 74: Elizabeth Nannestad / BLACK DRESS 75: Amber Me Williams / OVER THE HARBOUR BRIDGE 76: Michael Morrissey / GOING OVER THE HARBOUR BRIDGE HAPPY POEM 77: Bob Orr / THELONIOUS MONK PIANO 78: Meg Campbell / VIOLA 79: Owen Marshall / THE DIVIDED WORLD 80: Roma Potiki / COMPULSORY CLASS VISITS 81: David Eggleton / POSTCARD 82: Michele Leggott / VANILLA RIM 83: Brian Turner / CHEVY 84: Geoff Cochrane / FOR BOB ORR, AGAIN 85: Elizabeth Smither / A CORTEGE OF DAUGHTERS 86: Graham Lindsay / NORTHERN OAKS 87: Virginia Were / WE LISTEN FOR YOU ON THE RADIO 88: Jenny Bornholdt / MAKE SURE 89: Alan Riach / THE BLUES 90: Anne French / CABIN FEVER 91: Iain Lonie / PROPOSAL AT ALLANS BEACH 92: Bernadette Hall / BOWL 93: Michael Harlow / NO PROBLEM, BUT NOT EASY 94: Anne Kennedy / I WAS A FEMINIST IN THE EIGHTIES 95: Janet Charman / THE SMELL OF HER HAIR 96: Margaret Mahy / BUBBLE TROUBLE 97: Forbes Williams / FAST COLD 98: Andrew Johnston / HOW TO TALK 99: Damien Wilkins / MY FATHER'S STUTTER 100: C.K. Stead / AT THE GRAVE OF GOVERNOR HOBSON 101: Stephen Sinclair / THE HISTORIAN 102: Stephanie de Montalk / CONCRETE 103: John Clarke / WE DON'T KNOW HOW LUCKY WE ARE 104: Robert Sullivan / WAKA 99 105: David Geary / MARTON 106: Jo Randerson / WHY OUR WASHING MACHINE BROKE 107: Kapka Kassabova / SECURITY 108: Vivienne Plumb / THE TANK 109: Gregory O'Brien / ODE TO THE WAIHI BEACH DUMP 110: Emma Neale / LETTER TO FRIENDS FROM DALEY'S FLAT HUT: WALKING THE REES AND THE DART 111: Laura Ranger / TWO WORD POEM 112: Anna Jackson / FONTANELLO 113: Rhian Gallagher / THE QUIET PLACE 114: Chris Price / DOG'S BODY 115: Tusiata Avia / WILD DOGS UNDER MY SKIRT 116: Glenn Colquhoun / COMMUNION 117: Rachel Bush / THE STRONG MOTHERS 118: James Brown /1 COME FROM PALMERSTON NORTH 119: Kate Camp / DOCUMENTARIES 120: Sonja Yelich / IYA 121: Adrian Croucher / NOWHERE notes acknowledgements index of authors.