Best New Zealand Poems 2008

Sources

Johanna Aitchison: ‘the air was freaky with champagne’ was published in Turbine 08

Hinemoana Baker: ‘Last Born’  was published in Turbine 08

Emma Barnes: ‘Passive Aggressive Letter To A John’  was published in Landfall 2162008

David Beach: ‘Te Aro 12’ was published in The End of Atlantic CityVictoria University Press2008

Peter Bland: ‘Seaside donkeys . . . ’ was published in Mr Maui’s MonologuesSteele Roberts2008

Jenny Bornholdt: ‘Fitter Turner’ was published in The Rocky ShoreVictoria University Press2008

Amy Brown: ‘The Propaganda Poster Girl’ was published in The Propaganda Poster GirlVictoria University Press2008

Cliff Fell: ‘Two L tt  s fo  Lo d  uth  fo d’ was published in Beauty of the BadlandsVictoria University Press2008

Joan Fleming: ‘Theory of light’ was published in The Lumière Reader2008

Bernadette Hall: ‘Leda at the Billabong’ was published in Sport 362008

Sam Hunt: ‘Lines for a New Year’ was published in Doubtless: New and Selected PoemsCraig Potton Publishing2008

Lynn Jenner: ‘Womens Business’ was published in Turbine 08

Michele Leggott: ‘the liberty of parrots’ was published in Trout 152008

Jean McCormack: ‘Calling the ex at seventy-nine’ was published in ka mate ka ora 62008

Emma Neale: ‘Mirror’ was published in SparkSteele Roberts2008

Gregory O’Brien: ‘Romantic Voyage’ was published in Fulcrum 62008

Bob Orr: ‘Kiwitahi Way’ was published in CalypsoAuckland University Press2008

Chris Orsman: ‘A First Landing’ was published in The Lakes of MarsAuckland University Press2008

Richard Reeve: The untitled proem ‘Unheeding any language . . . ’ was published in In ContinentsAuckland University Press2008

Sam Sampson: ‘Header Tank’ was published in Everything TalksAuckland University Press2008

Kerrin P. Sharpe: ‘like rain the thunder’ was published in Bravado 132008

Tim Upperton: ‘Four bananas’ was published in Turbine 08

Richard von Sturmer: ‘After Arp’ was published in Trout 152008

Tom Weston: ‘Traffic noise’ was published in Small Humours of DaylightSteele Roberts2008

Sonja Yelich: ‘Less’ was published in Get Some, Auckland University Press2008

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Credits

Editor: James Brown

Series Editor: Bill Manhire

Funded by: Creative New Zealand

Cover illustration: Ralph Hotere’s drawing for the first edition of James K Baxter’s Jerusalem Sonnets (Bibliography Room, University of Otago, 1970)

Site construction: International Institute of Modern Letters

Project administration: Clare Moleta

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Permissions: Copyright in all the work reprinted in Best New Zealand Poems remains with the author. Requests to reproduce poems on this site should be addressed to the original publisher (see Sources above).

ISSN: 1175-8988