Keeping a Grip

(Paperback)

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this is Kevin Ireland's 25th collection of poems. No poems today No poems today no sign of the muse there are pencils galore but no words to use. So its brew up the teapot munch honey on toast no one can reproach her shes only a ghost. Yet I love her brief visits the silk of her touch though she doesnt stay long and never says much. She reminds me of you not just her sly look she guided the hand that started this book.

Author Bio

As well as poetry, Kevin has written two volumes of memoir, a book of short stories, Sleeping with the Angels; and six novels. Kevin was awarded an OBE for services to literature and has received numerous other awards, including the 2004 Prime Ministers Award for Literary Achievement and in 2006 the AW Reed Award for his contribution to NZ literature. In 2000 he received an honorary doctorate from Massey University.