Fool Moon

by Edmond, Murray

• ISBN13: 9781869403164
• ISBN10: 1869403169
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-01
• Publisher: Auckland University Press

Summary

The four phases of the moon are the organizing theme of this poetry collection from a lively and irreverent New Zealand writer. Faraway places, conversations with friends, word games, theatrical elements, and encounters with other writers are among the subjects explored in this entertaining and surprisingly affirmative poetry. Found poems, elegies, and free verse reflections include sardonic and satirical glimpses of modern life.

Author Biography

Murray Edmond is the author of eight books of poetry, including From the Word Go, Laminations, and The Switch. He is a former writer-in-residence at the University of Canterbury. He is active in alternative theater groups, including Living Theatre, Beggars Bag Theatre, Theatre Action, and the Town and Country Players. He was a founding member of the magazine Freed.

Table of Contents

Raising the curtain and flying the moon	p. 5
Elegy for mama	p. 6
Venice unrevisited	p. 9
The ballad of the penguin	p. 10
The Cold War	p. 11
Red sky	p. 12
Pass the past	p. 13
Inland	p. 19
Ballad of 1984	p. 20
Jungle	p. 21
Ballad of the punk rocker cat called Berlin	p. 22
Two landscapes	p. 23
Friday night	p. 26
In the theatre everything happens twice	p. 27
Black stump story	p. 33
Whatipu	p. 34
Miti Miti	p. 35
Marokopa	p. 36
The trick of falling over here	p. 38
Just a moment	p. 40
Landrynka	p. 43
Sleeping rabbit	p. 45
Dancing Dogs Productions presents	p. 51
Voyager	p. 53
Ballad of the eighth day of the week	p. 59
Desire and thought : lines and objects	p. 61
Gone dogs	p. 67
Catch	p. 69
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