Valparaiso

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In this collection, Orr captures the essence of present-day Auckland and of his own rural Waikato childhood. His verse, containing a wide range of literary allusions, from Rimbaud to Pasternak to Neruda, locates the poet within a particular local and international context, and reflects such diverse settings as the Chilean coast, Waiheke Island, and Ponsonby.

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"Tautly controlled imagistic lyrics, some of intense verbal beauty and force of feeling." --Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature

Author Bio

Bob Orr is the author of five collections of poetry, including Red Trees and Breeze, and his work is included in the critically acclaimed history/anthology Big Smoke.