(September 16) The Return of the Vanishing New Zealander. ISBN 978-0-9864507-6-1. Dunedin: Kilmog Books, 2009. 20 pp.
- I ♥ NZ (11/2/99)
- NZ Golf (and English) Academy (31/12/98)
- Boi-Boi on Karaoke (29/12/98)
- Language School Picnic (28/3/98)
- Journey to the West
- Evening (18/6-20/9/98)
- Clouds (18/6-9/9/98)
- Countdown (18/6-9/9/98)
- Index (27/12/01- 4/3/02)
- Mysteries: A Christmas Poem
- The stones have eyes …. (6/10-29/11/03)
- Brought down … (10-29/11/03)
- There is no same word … (2/9-29/11/03)
- In the Days of The Lord of the Rings (20-27/11/02)
- A Question of Faith (22-26/3/03)
- Bonfire Gothic
- Dogshit at a distance (12/1-5/2/03)
- Diaphanous sails (30/1-5/2/03)
For Bronwyn
thanks to the Blackfoot tribe who adopted me
- Leslie Fiedler, The Return of the Vanishing American
– Bumper-sticker … love is not love which alters when it alteration finds: beach-shelf eroded, Richard III gulls in paroxysms of unholy rage. We walked here barefoot before the tar, swam here before the sewerage outlet, sand-fought by that wall. Today I’m pelted by the wind, “The Caribbean, boys, in full roar!” Two kayakers are dumb enough to try it. Brown sturdy girls wade bare-legged through the surf.
(11/2/99)
Publications:
- evasion 1 (2000): 15.
- The Return of the Vanishing New Zealander. ISBN 978-0-9864507-6-1 (Dunedin: Kilmog Press, 2009): 5.
- Let It Rain E UA TE UA Tukuna ki te Mārama: Poetry from Aotearoa in Multilingual Translation. Ed. Antonella Sarti Evans & Maringikura Mary Campbell (Paekakariki, NZ: Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2023): 196.
Notes:
- The quotation "The Caribbean, boys, in full roar!" comes from Carl Barks, "The Flying Dutchman." Uncle Scrooge #25 (1959).
- Let It Rain E UA TE UA Tukuna ki te Mārama: Poetry from Aotearoa in Multilingual Translation. Ed. Antonella Sarti Evans & Maringikura Mary Campbell (Paekakariki, NZ: Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, 2023): 197.
I ♥ NZ
...l'amore non è amore
se muta quando un mutamento incontra:
eroso come una spiaggia, Riccardo III gabba
in parossismi d'empia collera.
Abbiamo camminato scalzi fin qui
prima del catrame, abbiamo nuotato qui prima
del tubo della fogna, giocato con la sabbia
contro quel muro.
Oggi vengo scagliato dal vento,
"Il caraibico, ragazzi, a tutta forza!"
Due vogatori in kayak
son tanto stupidid da provarci.
Ragazze robuste dalla pelle marrone
attraversono a gambe nude fra le onde.
- Translated into Italian by Antonella Sarti Evans
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… capturing the essence of cross cultural communication … – Brenda Allen, Takahe 35 (1998) Sea-gull on peacock fan two strokes of black No flowers by invitationTeaching Ken (Ke Liu) how to mouth Les MisérablesThe willows of Han capital shine yellow on the new blinds Flying Swallow’s scented boneslie buried in the cypress mound … Ah, scented bones Last night talking to Richard:“It’s hard to bring myself to type them up” A thousand pounded yearsof suns forever white Unseen by the King of Ch’in, or Emperor WuNude sunbathing on Waiheke: “Do I look Vietnamese?” … Ah, scented bones
(31/12/98)
Publications:
- For Lisa Bieleski: New Zealand Golf (and English) Academy (Auckland: Perdrix Press, 1999)
- Poetry NZ 26 (2003): 84-85.
- The Return of the Vanishing New Zealander. ISBN 978-0-9864507-6-1 (Dunedin: Kilmog Press, 2009): 6.
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January A little light tennis with stars outside window wheel baseball Your voices mask Cakes smell good Revised, it read: telephone brick Oh! chimney My first birthday party apple nine Keep it forever building pen Just for you and me
(29/12/98)
Publications:
- For Lisa Bieleski: New Zealand Golf (and English) Academy (Auckland: Perdrix Press, 1999)
- Spin 40 (2001): 56.
- The Return of the Vanishing New Zealander. ISBN 978-0-9864507-6-1 (Dunedin: Kilmog Press, 2009): 7.
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Halfway up One Tree Hill, Adèle, your chipmunk smile Korean rock sculptors chivvied down Twin Oaks Drive
(28/3/98)
Publications:
- NZ Listener 3412 (2005): 44.
- The Return of the Vanishing New Zealander. ISBN 978-0-9864507-6-1 (Dunedin: Kilmog Press, 2009): 8.
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(after Wu Cheng'en) Jack, Thank you for your teach. It ismyfirst time I feel sad when class finished. I feel like leave a family not a class. Thanks again. – Wu Pei-Sha (Denise) I – Evening As clouds settle round mountains, crows fly home to roost cloud – mountain – crow crow settles, cloud flies home to roost travellers on long journeys find inns for the night traveller – journey – inn inn finds traveller to spend the night the lamps in the lonely village burn with barely a flame lamp – village – flame flame burns through a village lamp pure is the monastery where reed smoke curls in the breeze monastery – smoke – breeze monastery reeds curl in the smoke II – Clouds Pale and ragged clouds dim moon on mountains cold frost in heaven wind through my body lone bird, the grey island seems vast at sunset, the distance is low in the sparse forest, a thousand trees shake deserted peak: a lone ape screams long path: it bears no footprints the boat returns for thousands of miles III – Countdown Is it high? It touches heaven. Deep? It reaches hell. White clouds surround the mountain black mists swim red-blushing plums / jade bamboo dark-green cypresses / blue pines _____________________________ Ten-mile pavilion: no travellers leave nine-faced heaven: stars have set on eight harbours: boats are docked in seven thousand cities: gates shut six palaces: officials gone five departments: ledgers closed four seas: fishing lines sink three rivers: waves subside two towers: bells resound one moon lights earth and sky
(18/6-20/9/98; 18/6-9/9/98; 18/6-9/9/98)
Publications:
- Shonagh’s Book / Jack’s Book (Auckland: Perdrix Press, 1999): 84 pp.
- JAAM 13 (2000): 93-94.
- The Return of the Vanishing New Zealander. ISBN 978-0-9864507-6-1 (Dunedin: Kilmog Press, 2009): 9-11.
Notes:
- Some of these texts have been sampled from Wu Cheng’en. Journey to the West. Trans. W. J. F. Jenner. 1982. 3 vols. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1990.
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page line Meaning of life …………………………………………………… 8 13 Ideal way of living …………………………………………………… 494 17 Death is inevitable …………………………………………………… 186 20 To attain success in anything, one should endure many a hardship …………………………………………………… 312 18 Do not let your mind be disturbed, even under unsatisfactory circumstances …………………………………… 244 1 Buddha’s wisdom is as wide and deep as a great ocean …………………………………………………… 66 9 Conquer your mind …………………………………………………… 304 14 Be the master of your mind …………………………………… 20 23 Be impartial and try hard ……………………………………… 340 14 What to think about when you take food ………………… 412 2 What to think about when you go to bed ………………… 412 8 What to think about when you wear clothes ……… 410 6 What to think about when it’s hot or cold …………… 412 19 Right way between husband and wife ………………………… 424 13 For the benefit of young and beautiful women …………………………………………………………………………… 450 1 Those that disturb the laws of order will come to ruin ………………………………………………………………………… 276 3 Those who are jealous and squabble with others will come to ruin ……………………………………………… 276 3 One is not a homeless brother simply because one dresses like a monk and recites Sutras ……… 390 8 - The Teachings of Buddha, 1966, 1078th revised edition. Tokyo: Society for the Promotion of Buddhism [Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai], 2001. 568-84.
(27/12/01-4/3/02)
Publications:
- Spin 42 (2002): 51.
- The Return of the Vanishing New Zealander. ISBN 978-0-9864507-6-1 (Dunedin: Kilmog Press, 2009): 12.
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Eternity is a long time to be wrong – www.2besaved.com The stones have eyes green iron landfill the frameboard houses full of smoke close the cardoor pink child don’t trust the bench the zebra crossing thoroughly modern miss • Brought down like a deer in the headlights the police car & his victim yellow pulsing faces even the jogger has to go around • There is no same word to communicate with Kiwi says Fan Jia Toni adds high cloud will be getting a little excited a happy morning between sunshine and rain under the same blue canopy of sky
(6/10-29/11/03; 10-29/11/03; 2/9-29/11/03)
Publications:
- Bravado 6 (2006): 33.
- The Return of the Vanishing New Zealander. ISBN 978-0-9864507-6-1 (Dunedin: Kilmog Press, 2009): 13-14.
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One of the virtues of never sleeping … You have to live in your dreams. – Die Another Day Masonry & dust rock-salt the ceiling fan
Watching Pootie Tang language crumbles into cognatesScent of sweat ‘I’ll call you we’ll go out for a …’
My dearest Jack construct the letter fill me withyour corn-fat pin-holes in the ceiling
draw the patterndown
(20-27/11/02)
Publications:
- Magazine Six: The Key West Issue (Cycle Press, Key West, Florida, 2006): 102.
- The Return of the Vanishing New Zealander. ISBN 978-0-9864507-6-1 (Dunedin: Kilmog Press, 2009): 15.
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Things don’t always stay with you because they’re good that moment for example when the needle slipped car stalled in heavy traffic walking with a phone in one hand talking to the air boy wearing BOOM girl scales the concrete parapet clap hands push pram the evening draws in roiled clouds under the Protection let the children pass
(22-26/3/03)
Publications:
- Papertiger 4 (2004).
- The Return of the Vanishing New Zealander. ISBN 978-0-9864507-6-1 (Dunedin: Kilmog Press, 2009): 16.
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1 Dogshit at a distance fly like birds through the razor fence green brackets children playing by the mound CONTAMINATION beach polluted crossed red & yellow flags 2 Diaphanous sails Sandy in her top hat underwear cat coming out to greet me lick my hand ears arched blue blue of the sea pale islands hot behind the wheel till I return
(12/1-5/2/03; 30/1-5/2/03)
Publications:
- Kokako / Spin 46 (2003): 53.
- The Return of the Vanishing New Zealander. ISBN 978-0-9864507-6-1 (Dunedin: Kilmog Press, 2009): 17.
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