LEADER 03684nam 2200541 450 001 9910787747403321 005 20230801231442.0 010 $a1-77558-510-7 010 $a1-86940-580-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000492094 035 $a(EBL)1531117 035 $a(OCoLC)863822574 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001153293 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11682152 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001153293 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11151111 035 $a(PQKB)11717568 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1531117 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1531117 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10817540 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL550489 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000492094 100 $a20131228d2012 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBeauties of the octagonal pool /$fGregory O'Brien 210 1$aAuckland :$cAuckland University Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (129 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-86940-579-X 327 $aCover; Dedication; Contents; 1. Beauties of the octagonal pool; The lake of first girlfriends; Whangaparoa, 1975; Pencil; Ceiling fan, Villefranche; A consort of flower parts; Line; Love poem; Ode to fashion; The camera is a small room; 2. The sea of where it was we went; A guide to the frogs of Fiji; A rattling window, Sigatoka; Coral; A swim, mid-ocean, upon reaching the Tropic of Capricorn; A naval exercise (for two hands); The mechanical rat of Raoul Island; An artist's guide to the layers of an ocean; A mule, Raoul Island; Rangitahua; Ode to Futuna Chapel; 3. Breaksea Girl 327 $aRichard Henry in FiordlandWet Jacket Arm; A shift in the wind; The Ailing Wife; 4. Red square, black square; Guests of the Rossiya Hotel!; Woman sleeping in an art gallery; Outside Lenin's tomb; Words sung by a Russian soprano; Rublyov; Black square; 5. Little Oneroa; Little Oneroa; Sprig; A fall of ice on Mt Maunganui, 11 May 2009; A small ode to faith; The Surfers' Mass; The non-singing seats; Silver gelatin print, Russell, Bay of Islands; 6. Among trees; On hearing, at the Oceanographic Museum, Monaco, the outcome of the New Zealand elections, November 2008; Marseilles Fish Market; Octopus 327 $aAmong treesThe mayor of Sault contemplates the Mistral; Rue Obscure; Reading Italian poetry at Waihi Beach; Geography of Northern Italy; Lamp; Ode to thought; 7. Romantic voyage; Solidarity with the anchovy; A moa-proof garden, Onehunga; Letter to Louise St John . . .; Dylan Thomas (b. 2003), Coolmore Stud, New South Wales; Three elegies; Romantic Voyage; 8. The invisible fathers; The invisible fathers; Afternote; Afternote; Copyright 330 $aMaking unexpected connections, this book collects poems written from a variety of times, locations, and experiences-from the water frontage of Fiji, Fiordland, and the Mediterranean to the built history of Moscow and Berlin. Filled with a thoughtful musicality, a shambling romance, and a sense of humor, these witty and imaginative poems tell stories that range from a mechanical rat on Raoul Island to a black neglige?e and an ice-cream vendor in Moscow, and from a mayor and the Mistral in France to a new musical sound in New Zealand. Engaging and lively, this compilation highlights the persis 606 $aNew Zealand poetry$y21st century 615 0$aNew Zealand poetry 676 $a129 700 $aO'Brien$b Gregory$01471405 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787747403321 996 $aBeauties of the octagonal pool$93739232 997 $aUNINA