Selected Poems by Wedde Ian PAPERBACK 9781869408596

Auckland University Press

Selected Poems\nby Wedde Ian\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Wedde Ian\nTitle: Selected Poems\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Poetry by individual poets\nPublisher: Auckland University Press\nPublication year: 2017\nISBN-13: 9781869408596\nISBN-10: 1869408594\nRRP: \u00A344.95\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nHow can language contain the world that spillsFrom its torn rinds, how can my ode holdOn to language that ejects itself like birdsongFrom pine trees still shady with dawn . . . \u2018To Mount Victoria\u2019, The Commonplace OdesIan Wedde has been a major presence in New Zealand poetry since his work began appearing in journals in the late 1960s. His first book of poetry appeared in 1971; his sixth book won the New Zealand Book Award for Poetry in 1978; his sixteenth a.