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Beginning with a childhood in and around depressed Cornish mining, Pancakes for Neptune is a detonation of neoliberal waste. Bullock understands that conservatism - whether in public or private realms - is, by definition, a protection racket. However, this collection is not an angry one. It sparkles with a rich lyrical and imagist vein, stirring us to dwell on this earth in relationship with others, with respect, rapture and exuberant interest. Owen Bullock's latest collection showcases his restless experimentalism as well as his sly, generous and quirky sense of fun.

A birthday keepsake for the poet's partner Sue, letterpress printed in the ANU Printmedia Book Studio.

This collection of 81 haiku exemplifies Owen's insight and skill in taking everyday moments and events, and somehow, in simple language, making them something much more - images that continue to resonate in our hearts and minds long after the page is shut. With him, we move from the delicately sensate, tired\\ I crouch in the grass - \\ wild camomile, to the dark reflection of the rain \\ heavier \\ than tears, then shift to the wry humour of wish I'd said goodbye . . . \\ the key-ring \\ swings in the lock and the final veridical image, the sky\\ and all of the lake\\ in the lake.

An anthology of individual tanka, tanka prose and haibun. The thirteen poets are all members of the Canberra-based Limestone Tanka Poets, convened by Kathy Kituai. The tanka feature one of five elements from the Taoist cosmology: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water and these elements form the organising concept for the book. The poems are complemented by original artwork by Deb Faeyrglenn, who responded to the words with her brushwork.

Abstract: "This PhD by exegesis and creative project examines the poetry of three contemporary New Zealand poets: Alistair Paterson, Alan Loney and Michele Leggott in the context of the relational axes, comprising syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations. It addresses the question of what the relational axes can tell us about poetry which can then be used in practice. After due consideration of the implications of binary oppositions in the discourse and of features such as codes, the discussion considers Jakobson's insights into the relational axes and ideas that problematise understandings of the sign, such as Riffaterre's theory of representation and Derrida's elaboration of the originary nature of writing. The analysis accommodatestheoretical evolution from structuralism to poststructuralism, postmodernism and assemblagetheories."

What happens when four poets find each other in cyberspace? Stories will be traded--some true, some tall. Seat some old friends at one table and pour a pint for all; the delightful result will be much the same. FOUR TELLINGS is representative of our age--the communal work of talented haibuneers who bridge time and distance in cyberspace. For all that, FOUR TELLINGS is that table of old friends, too, who warmly offer you a chair.