03373nam 2200589 450 991046317810332120200520144314.01-77558-594-81-86940-619-21-77558-124-1(CKB)2670000000492085(EBL)1411979(SSID)ssj0001061361(PQKBManifestationID)11616682(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001061361(PQKBWorkID)11098745(PQKB)11782999(MiAaPQ)EBC1557320(Au-PeEL)EBL1557320(CaPaEBR)ebr10843095(CaONFJC)MIL578886(OCoLC)863823826(EXLCZ)99267000000049208520100324h20092009 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMirabile dictu /Michele LeggottAuckland, N.Z. :Auckland University Press,2009.©20091 online resource (260 p.)Poems, some previously published in journals and anthologies.1-86940-440-8 Cover; Title Page; Dedication; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Table of Contents; work for the living; poppies and plane trees; mirabile dictu; te matau / the hook; great readers; te ahi tapu rākau / jacob's fire song; tell your mama; gala apples; taking it seriously; nice feijoas; slow reader; elevador; the liberty of parrots; recombination; the darwin lecture; teatro della limonaia; il mantello / the cloak; rangehoo; nonpareil; te hākari / the feast; tricky attractions; ascensore; passaggiata; primavera; redentore; tessuti; calypso; smoke tree; everywhere instantly; opening the tomb; untitled figuremolly and friendsshore space; la chaloupe / the boat; bad economic news; heart of the rio grande; a civilian widow; vernacular serenade; letter to dulcie jackson; gulielmus igitur; te hāhi / the connexion; their osseous remains; the year of the elephant; language and event; dear stormbird; town and country; family sightings on the mainland; one for murray; grand moonlight excursion and dance; timaru march 30 1901; keep this book clean; reading the world; peri poietikes; wonderful to relate; winter 1928; more like wellington every day; CopyrightIn 2008 Michele Leggott wrote a poem a week to record her term as the inaugural New Zealand Poet Laureate. In her collection of poems Mirabile Dictu (amazing to say), she relates the wonders of those 12 months, which took her to Matahiwi Marae in Hawke's Bay to receive her brilliant sky-blue, specially carved tokotoko, Te Kikorangi; through a time of mourning for and celebration of former poet laureate Hone Tuwhare; to Florence, across a ?poetic bridge'; and to Wellington ?hand to hand' with four other laureates. With her is Te Kikorangi as guide and companion ? ?almost as good as the bluNew Zealand poetryWomen authorsNew Zealand poetry21st centuryElectronic books.New Zealand poetryWomen authors.New Zealand poetryNZ821.2Leggott Michele J940619MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463178103321Mirabile dictu2168830UNINA