Phil Kawana.
Books
The uses of poetry
by Hugh Roberts
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Call me silly,
call me stupid,
but I am sad now.
How sad am I.
(“The Same Birthday as His Ambulance Driver”).
This is “emotional truth” in spades. But is it poetry? How you answer that will depend on what you need poetry for.
THREE REGRETS AND A HYMN TO BEAUTY, by Ian Wedde (AUP, $21.99).
THE DEVIL IN MY SHOES, by Phil Kawana (AUP, $21.99).
SCARAB: A POETIC DOCUMENTARY, by Vivienne Plumb (Seraph Press, 24A Garden Rd, Northland, Wellington, $15).
