On the Wing

(Paperback)

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from 'small frames -- the hens of Rarotonga': 'there's a cockerel that waits / a blue & red swagger / high on the island's divide / our sweat / our muddy feet / our clawing fingers / work the roots / towards his beak / a jungle silent / beyond our skin'

Author Bio

Sue Fitchett lives in covenanted bush on Waiheke Island. Retired as a clinical psychologist, she is an avid conservationist, particularly with birds, and is also a volunteer firefighter. Sue's poetry has appeared in various New Zealand and Australian journals and she has published or edited four books, including a previous sole collection (Palaver Lava Queen, Auckland University Press, 2004).