Good Business
Published on 1. November 2013
65 pages
978-1-77558-562-6 (ISBN)
Description
From jaunty and self-deprecating to serious and nostalgic, the poems in this collection paint a vivid portrait of Wellington businesses and institutions. Quietly hilarious, the verse captures the essence of Toyota, Tony's Tyre Service, Metalworx Engineering, Wellington Scrap Metal, the KFC on the corner of Pirie Street, and the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. At the heart of this collection are three stunning sequences: an ode to walking the streets of Wellington, a gathering of surreal and quirky moments, and a lyrical approach to the author's travels from Bangladesh to the south of France. Playing with the contrasts of light and dark and dawn to dusk, this compendium also explores the balance between departures and arrivals as well as the seen and unseen.
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Content
- Cover
- Acknowledgements
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Epithalamion
- Honeymoon
- GOOD BUSINESS
- Toyota
- Tony's Tyre Service
- Metalworx Engineering
- Mighty Mats
- Wellington Scrap Metals
- KFC
- SPCA
- The New Zealand College of Massage
- The Westpac Rescue Helicopter
- The Home of Murdoch's
- The Wesleyan Methodist Church
- CO Products Ltd
- TWO AFFECTIONS
- Pete
- Mate
- SEVEN DREAMS
- Torn
- Flowers falling
- Wild turkey at the back of the driving range
- Black
- Film treatment
- Elephant piss
- Naked
- The enchanting aroma of cut flowers
- The sheen
- ARRIVING BLIND
- Gangetic dolphin
- How to build a nest on a roof
- Odalisque
- On a clear day
- Dawn, dusk, home
- How to fly
- Trimming the palm tree
- Abat-jour
- Riding the train
- Eating the melon
