Favourite MonstersFull of stories, jokes, and stolen lines, this collection from a leading young New Zealand poet includes many voices and covers subjects ranging from world politics to parenthood, art, and religion. |
Contents
Little things lend me thy strength | 9 |
The Day I Stopped Writing Poetry | 13 |
The Crickets | 15 |
The Cost of Living | 16 |
Terra Wellington | 18 |
Loneliness | 19 |
The Batcave Show | 20 |
The Truth About Love | 22 |
Guilty Spaces | 30 |
Wolves | 31 |
Good Books | 32 |
The Second Law of Thermodynamics | 33 |
Outback | 34 |
Snapshot | 35 |
Out of Eden | 39 |
Other Ideas | 40 |
Alt Country | 23 |
Mansworn | 24 |
Beyond Repair | 26 |
The Pursuit of Happiness | 27 |
The Ideal Present | 28 |
The Pleasure Principle | 41 |
Recipe for Children | 42 |
Bauble | 43 |
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