LEADER 03373nam 2200589 450 001 9910463178103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-77558-594-8 010 $a1-86940-619-2 010 $a1-77558-124-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000492085 035 $a(EBL)1411979 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001061361 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11616682 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001061361 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11098745 035 $a(PQKB)11782999 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1557320 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1557320 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10843095 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL578886 035 $a(OCoLC)863823826 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000492085 100 $a20100324h20092009 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMirabile dictu /$fMichele Leggott 210 1$aAuckland, N.Z. :$cAuckland University Press,$d2009. 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (260 p.) 300 $aPoems, some previously published in journals and anthologies. 311 $a1-86940-440-8 327 $aCover; 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 ra?kau / 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 ha?kari / the feast; tricky attractions; ascensore; passaggiata; primavera; redentore; tessuti; calypso; smoke tree; everywhere instantly; opening the tomb; untitled figure 327 $amolly 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 ha?hi / 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; Copyright 330 $aIn 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 blu 606 $aNew Zealand poetry$xWomen authors 606 $aNew Zealand poetry$y21st century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNew Zealand poetry$xWomen authors. 615 0$aNew Zealand poetry 676 $aNZ821.2 700 $aLeggott$b Michele J$0940619 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463178103321 996 $aMirabile dictu$92168830 997 $aUNINA