Nothing for it but to Sing

Overview

Michael Harlow's poems are small detonations that release deeply complex stories of psychological separations and attractions, of memory and desire. Frequently they slip into the alluring spaces just at the edges of language, dream and gesture, as they carefully lower, like measuring gauges, into the ineffable: intimations of mortality, the slippery nature of identity, longing, fear … This is a beautifully honed new collection.

Author Biography

Michael Harlow has published 10 books of poetry, and was poetry editor for Landfall for some 10 years. He has judged New Zealand and international poetry competitions, and been on selection panels including for the New Zealand book awards in 1986 and 2001. In 2016 he was awarded the PSNZ/Beatson Fellowship Award, and the Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award.