Title: Dante's heaven /
Authors: Kemp, Jan, 1949-
Publisher: Puriri Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: New Zealand poetry.
Contents: Dante's heaven : Crux Australis -- Te Paki o Autahi -- Southern Cross. Lily. Dante's 'heaven'. 'We are all newcomers'. Apparitions of angels. Sailing boats. Our paradise. Naked ladies near Otama Beach, Coromandel Peninsula. The past present/s. A pukeko's trip south. Swimming -- Tributes : Eloquence. A stand of cannas. Bowl spoon table. Ming-blue fish. Down to the ground. Best friends. A childhood secret. A poet on two crescents. Glance -- Requiems : On news of a poet's death. Watching Eileen at a poet's wake. Nikau at Punakaiki. Requiem at Torbay. Staunch. Silence/speech. Turning -- Love is a babe : a sequence of poem's mostly around Beatrice's voice. Love is a babe. A portrait of Dante's younger self. Someone kissed me. E la selva oscura, non c̀e?. Mercury. The pure white diamond Dante brought to Beatrice. He reads his poem aloud. Beatrice denies Dante her greeting.... Being Beatrice. Jousting. Meeting up with Dante down under. Beatus.