{"product_id":"lifting-the-island-poems-paperback","title":"Lifting the Island: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Eggleton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAWARD-WINNING POET - AUTHOR OF ELEVEN POETRY COLLECTIONS \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFORMER POET LAUREATE OF NEW ZEALAND \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Eggleton explores the voices of New Zealand, Australia, and Polynesia in his latest collection, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLIFTING THE ISLAND \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This is vital, elastic, expertly handled language in a Pacific voice of cultural and musical sensibility, poetry to be spoken aloud or in the mind.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Cilla McQueen, MNZM, and former New Zealand Poet Laureate \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis own-voices collection is a kind of lyrical world map of the South Pacific, built up through a lush epic catalog of flora, fauna, and artifacts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThis collection is a kind of lyrical word map of the South Pacific, built up through a lush epic catalog of flora, fauna, and artifacts. The poems are frequently infused with a wry humor-and while they often eschew both narrative and personal epiphany, they make intensely detailed, vigorous observations of place and landscape that are curious, sparkling, and sometimes hilarious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinguistically agile, this book's stanzas bring together the lyrical and the slangy, celebrating the local vernaculars of New Zealand, Australia, and Polynesia. Many of its poems work as cascading streams of image; of pronouncements; of dramatic tonal shifts almost line by line; and with dense, daring metaphor clusters that entertain as well as illuminate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Eggleton\u003c\/b\u003e has published eleven poetry collections as well as several chapbooks and a number of other books. A poet, writer, critic, and performer, he has also released recordings of his poetry set to music by a variety of musicians and composers. He is the former editor of New Zealand's leading literary journal, \u003cem\u003eLandfall\u003c\/em\u003e, and the current editor of \u003cem\u003eL\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eandfall Review Online\u003c\/em\u003e. His poetry collection, \u003cem\u003eThe Conch Trumpet\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Ockham New Zealand Book Award for Poetry in 2016. Also in 2016, he received the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in Poetry. In 2018 he held the Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer's Residency at the University of Hawai'i. He was the official New Zealand Poet Laureate from August 2019 to August 2022. He currently lives in Dunedin, New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52731261944115,"sku":"9781636282909","price":27.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/z9DB359CW09781636282909.webp?v=1763852223","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/lifting-the-island-poems-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}