The publication in 1980 of the Collected Poems of New Zealand's greatest poet was a landmark in that country's literature. This volume includes over 700 previously published poems and 50 additional poems remaining in manuscript.
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"James K. Baxter is an outstanding figure, one of the major English-language poets of the post-war years."--Times Literary Supplement
"[Baxter's] work presents an engaging tension between futility and gentle optimism....J.E. Weir has carefully edited this interesting pilgrimage with notes and dates of estimated composition and initial publication."--Choice
"A highly significant figure in contemporary literature."--The Times (London)
"J.E. Weir's massive collection of Baxter's verse reminds us that in the last analysis he was a poet...a major figure, a major influence--someone to be reckoned with when totting up the poetic score of this century."--World Literature Today
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alcoholism,catholicism and wild bees.,
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JKB is THE MOST underrated underappreciated poet to come out of the antipodes. This is not light reading!. Don't pick it up as before sleep fodder It deserves at least an entire cold, drizzly day by the fire.
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Essential reading,
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You don't know me or my tastes from Adam. Why bother listening; well because I don't have an axe to grind or dollar to make.James K Baxter is a great poet. Being a parochial New Zealander helps, but the way JKBaxter moves me spells 'good' in 6ft letters above my head. Start with something fun 'An Ode on Mixed flatting' 1967 and work you're way round this collection. There is something for any mood you're in. dorje@greenkiwi.co.nz
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