OUT OF PRINT : Please note that a new Collected Works will be published in May 2005Alistair Te Ariki Campbell’s definitive collection is a retrospect on one of New Zealand and the South Pacific’s most significant poets. It ranges from little-known apprentice work such as “Homage to Swinburne” to a group of very recent poems like “Death and the Tagua”. The whole collection is rich with sympathy for the natural world and powerful treatment of personal feeling for which Campbell is famous. Polynesian themes and forms give the collection a special importance. Powerful chants on the violent career of the great warrior Te Rauparaha lead to more recent poems in which family genealogy and Tongarevan lore and mythology have given intensity to his dramatic lyrics. Shortlisted 1997 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. ‘Mr Campbell is an inspired poet.’ – James K. Baxter. ‘Attractively priced and graced with an uncommonly helpful introduction... this small, densly packed volume is a must for anyone interested in New Zealand poetry.’ – Iain Sharp, Sunday Star Times. Also by Alistair Te Ariki Campell - Fantasy With Witches.
