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Alastair Clarke’s poetry considerably addresses his re-seeing his country after living for many years overseas.
Though this element is not explicit, it does underlie the feelings and ideas of much of the poetry. Returning to live in the Wairarapa - a rich, wide valley bordered by mountains (frequently snow-covered in winter) - has been a compellingly focusing experience.
New Zealand's very challenging geology has influenced the poems. In contrast societal, cultural and political issues are also subjects in poems concerned with New Zealand and countries overseas.
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- : Ugly Hill Press
- : UNKNOWN
- : 24 April 2024
- : 01 September 2023
- : books
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- : Alistair Clarke
- : Paperback
‘Alastair Clarke shows the way poetry can catch the brightness of place (and travel)... Landscape is never redundant in poetry – I would read a whole book of this,’ - Paula Green, Poetry Shelf.
Alastair Clarke is a New Zealander who returned to the Wairarapa in 2016 from several years in the United Kingdom. He grew up in Pukerua Bay, a little north of Wellington, when Peter Bland, Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, Denis Glover were residents, and very near, Louis Johnson, who were all, together, reshaping poetry in New Zealand.