TY - BOOK AU - Baxter, James K. AU - Hunt, Sam. TI - James K. Baxter: poems SN - 9781869404345 (hbk.) AV - PR9639.3.B3 A6 2009 U1 - NZ821.2 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Auckland, N.Z. PB - Auckland University Press KW - New Zealand poetry KW - 20th century N1 - Sam Hunt introduces his fifty favourite poems by James K. Baxter; Introduction / Sam Hunt -- High country weather -- Never no more -- Lament for Barney Flanagan -- By the dry Cardrona -- Sings Clarry -- Turn, turn the capstan -- A rope for Harry Fat -- Evidence at the witch trials -- At Akitio -- For Kevin Ireland -- Elephanta -- The sixties -- Ballad of Calvary Street -- The old owl -- On the death of her body -- At Taieri Mouth -- Hokitika Bill -- Brown bone -- A Takapuna business man considers his son's death in Korea -- On reading Yevtushenko -- East coast journey -- Waipatiki Beach -- Pig Island letters (2) -- Tomcat -- To any young man who hears my verses read in a lecture room -- Ballad of One Tree Hill -- The beach house -- Henley Pub -- from The holy life and death of Concrete Grady. 1. The ballad of Grady's dream. 4. Grady under shock treatment. 7. Grady's epitaph. -- The gunner's lament -- Thoughts of a Remuera housewife -- Divorcee -- from Words to lay a strong ghost. 1. The party. 3. The budgie. 6. The change-over. 9. The rival. 13. The flower. -- Inscription -- To my father in spring -- The communist speaks -- Fitz drives home the Spigot -- Failure -- Letter to Sam Hunt -- Kumara poem -- Jerusalem blues -- The return -- Ferry from Lyttelton -- He waiata mo te kare N2 - Sam Hunt introduces his fifty favourite poems by James K. Baxter ER -