The Life and the Dark

This second poetry collection from an acclaimed New Zealand poet showcases his fiercely independent and powerful voice—often dark, macabre, sardonic, and angry. Philosophical inquiry and the natural surroundings of New Zealand's South Island are themes that emerge in his poetry and are treated with a distinctive use of language and an array of traditional verse forms. The unique voice in these poems reveals the mature talent of an emerging poet.

Richard Reeve currently tutors in the University of Otago's English department.

PROEM

The Mercy of the Wind

2

(2)

I

An Opening

4

(1)

Ecstasis

5

(1)

At Four

6

(1)

Crib

7

(2)

Cape Saunders Lighthouse

9

(1)

Flooded River

10

(1)

Marsh

11

(1)

Dead Whales

12

(3)

Cave

15

(3)

II

Echo

18

(1)

Overnight Freight

19

(1)

Wound

20

(2)

1946

22

(1)

A Fantail

23

(1)

Government

24

(2)

Doctor and Patient

26

(2)

Wintering

28

(2)

III

Journalist

30

(1)

House Fire

31

(3)

Truffles

34

(1)

Current Affairs

35

(2)

A Part

37

(1)

Diaspora

38

(1)

Blowflies at the Bottom of a Fiordland Toilet

39

(3)

Port Terns

42

(3)

The Poem For

45

(3)

IV

Thus

48

(1)

Recalling Innocence

49

(1)

Te Anau Epiphany

50

(2)

Headlands

52

(2)

Poem Beyond Love

54

(3)

Matagouri

57

(2)

Looking into Monowai

59

(1)

Two Easter Sonnets

60

(1)

Papanui Inlet

61

(3)

Northern Cemetery

64

(1)

Wakari Song

65

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The Life and the Dark

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