Auckland Council Libraries: Recently published poetry by Auckland authors

Recently published poetry by Auckland authors

​This eclectic selection of poetry collections showcases the depth and diversity of Auckland's writers.

Burst kisses on the actual wind

Courtney Sina Meredith

Book

Written by celebrated poet and playwright Courtney Sina Meredith, this collection focuses on connection and displacement, the blurring between internal landscapes and longed-for realities.

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Just like that

Kevin Ireland

Book

Released at the grand age of 88, this is legendary writer Kevin Ireland’s 27th poetry collection. In this lively collection we find the poet meditating on ageing, love, viruses and the writing process.

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Mezzaluna

Michele J. author. Leggott

Book

Mezzaluna covers a wide range of topics rich in details of Michele Leggott’s New Zealand life. The acclaimed poet writes with tenderness and courage about the paradoxes of losing her sight and remaking the world in words.

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The sea walks into a wall

Anne Kennedy

eBook

In this collection, the natural world around us hits back. From rainy Ihumatao to London's Kew Gardens, in the face of seas and streams, ducks and dogs, black drops and bureaucracies, humans bumble through.

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Sleeping with stones

Cherie Barford

Book

As beloved Pasifika poet Serie Barford moves through autumn, winter, spring and summer, she traverses the pain, anger, longing and heartache of losing a loved one in poetry that is both steely with resolve and exquisitely tender.

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The track

Paula Green

Book

For nine hours, Paula Green limped with a broken foot on the Queen Charlotte track while chased by a gathering storm. To distract from the pain, she composed these frenetic and compelling poems in her head.

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Tūnui = Comet

Robert Sullivan

Book

Chiefly written in English, with some Te reo Māori, these poems offer a marvellous hīkoi through Aotearoa today alongside a leading Maori poet.

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Uncollected poems

R. A. K. (Ronald Allison Kells) Mas...

Book

Mason was once described as New Zealand’s “first wholly original, unmistakably gifted poet”. This enormous collection includes some never-before-published poems.

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Vunimaqo and me

Daren Kamali

Book

Fijian-born, New Zealand-based poet Daren Kamali takes us on a moving journey through his early years, focusing on a mango tree – Vunimaqo – that was a focal point of his youth.

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