Solitude, solace, and consolation are among the themes explored in this poetry collection that considers the ways that language, loss, history, and memory are linked together. The centerpieces of this collection are two major poems—"Les Baillessats," a relaxed, sunny poem written for a newborn son; and "The Sunflower," an elegy for a father that is a technically dazzling extended meditation on death, family, and religious faith.
- ISBN13 9780864735492
- Publish Date 2 February 2007
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NZ
- Imprint Victoria University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 87
- Language English