Just This

The poet s ongoing love affair with his Central Otago home lies at the heart of this rich and compelling new collection that explores the politics of relationshipsand relationships themselves. Through a combination of people and place that gives the poems color and humor, the volume also examines friendship, politics, death, and the machinations of the modern business world. The mountains and lakes of the central South Island have a strongpresence in the imagery, while wry observations of people in that landscape movethe collection far beyond the confines of simple landscape poetry."