Commonplace Odes
paperback
Published on 1. January 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
60 pages
978-1-86940-248-8 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of odes is deliberately patterned, but expressed in a contemporary voice. The introductory epode flags the themes of the works to follow, interspersed with two epistles lighter in tone, and concluded with a song of lament and of hope.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Auckland
New Zealand
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
109 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86940-248-8 (9781869402488)
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Ian Wedde is the author of fifteen collections of poetry, six novels, two collections of essays, a collection of short stories, a monograph on the artist Bill Culbert and several art catalogues. He has also been co-editor of two poetry anthologies. His own work has been widely anthologised, and has appeared in journals nationally and internationally. In 2010 he was awarded an ONZM in the Queen's Birthday Honours, and in 2011 was made New Zealand Poet Laureate.