Title: The unbelievable lightness of eggs : a collection of light poems & verse /
Authors: Beyer, Tony, 1948-; Gadd, Bernard, 1935-
Publisher: Hallard Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: New Zealand poetry
Abstract: A collection of poems by Tony Beyer, Bernard Gadd, Frankie McMillan, John O'Connor, Joanna Preston, Barbara Strang.
Contents: Autobiographical notes ; Zoo news ; Five Tanka ; Two very small poems ; The North Shore ; Aucklanders ; Postcards from Tomis ; Great South Road ; Warriors ; Domestic gods ; Titania and bottom ; The view from Mountain Road / Tony Beyer -- Autobiographical notes ; Old school ; Again Daisy Pinks ; Herr J. S. Bach Demurs at Verse ; Verse to the life ; Rain ; English rabbit farmer ; Some misalliances ; Bilbo Baggins approaches the havens ; Another creative prelude / Bernard Gadd -- Autobiographical notes ; My dad had many wives ; Harvest ; Mapping ; Big boy has something to say ; Seeing is believing ; Discipline of the Laundress ; Demolition ; Developing my father ; Painting Jesus ; Herr Jung, are you there? ; Billie Lee and myself ward off the problem of ourselves ; Something amiss / Frankie McMillian -- Autobiographical notes ; Manukau! O Manukau! ; A pass to Wingatui: Reconstrucing the infectious canon, 1932-1975 ; The complete poetical works of Stefan Starling: I Le Quacks, II Stefan considers the nature of philosophy & religion, III Considering the nature of perpetuity, IV A love song, V Palmy ; The facts of lights ; Utensils / John O'Connor -- Autobiographical notes ; An impertinence of pedlars ; Mrs Winslow's deformed left ankle ; I wish you angles ; A roundel in sweaty lycra ; Technically obese ; Visit to Nicky's house ; Walking, Christchurch, Autumn ; Light ; Grand Guignol (for tuba) ; Pow! / Joanna Preston -- Autobigraphical notes ; Op-shop fever ; The shake-up ; Doggerel ; The accusation ; Some advice ; Haiku ; The unbelieveable lightness of eggs / Barbara Strang.