The Movie May Be Slightly Different

Vincent O’Sullivan’s poems are just so damned good.

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20th July, 2011

Review

I try hard to play the Martian, deceive myself that I don’t know the poems in The Movie May Be Slightly Different are written by one of New Zealand’s Most Honoured and Most Esteemed, and judge them as I would judge any other new volume of New Zealand verse. But my self-deception breaks down very quickly. To begin with, only Most Esteemed can nowadays get volumes of poetry this capacious published, unless they are Collected Poems. The Movie May Be Slightly Different is at least ...

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