Michele Leggott: 6 books

Book cover of Heartland
by Michele Leggott
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014

Michele Leggott's new book of poetry follows on from her 2009 collection, Mirabile Dictu, in its exploration of light and of gathering dark. Leggott is a poet of the lilting, shining moment, and five of the sections in this collection follow her through her own moments and movements—to Devonport,...
Book cover of Swimmers, Dancers
by Michele Leggott
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013

Swimmers, Dancers is a second collection of poems from Michele Leggott and is a tender evocation of family in free open verse that is full of colour, movement and light. The poems remember her parents and childhood, celebrate the birth of Leggott's second son and offer glimpses of art and literature amidst endless inventive games with words, sounds and spaces.
Book cover of As Far As I Can See

As Far As I Can See

Poems by Michele Leggott

by Michele Leggott
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1999

Beautiful and moving poems by a prizewinning New Zealand poet. Leggott writes with passion, tenderness and courage about her deep sorrow at losing her sight. The sharpness of images so characteristic of this poet and her wonderful ear for the musical sounds and rhythms and pauses of language reach a new poignancy, a tragic tension, in these poems.
Book cover of Vanishing Points
by Michele Leggott
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017

It's an optical amusement, a punctured surface letting light pour through holes cut out of the picture. Moon, army tents and the windows of houses and St Mary's church glow or flicker with luminance. Between them move women and children as well as soldiers. Steamers, a brig and a schooner ride on...
Book cover of Milk and Honey
by Michele Leggott
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013

Deft word play, allusion, and quotation meet intense images and stirring rhythms in this compendium from one of New Zealand's top poets. The verse in this demanding body of work represents a step forward—it contains a sense of a wider world beyond the pages and enough substance to yield pleasure...
Book cover of Mirabile Dictu
by Michele Leggott
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013

Culled from the author's term as poet laureate, this collection delves into both the present and the past, combining poems of today with those of history. From the inspiring setting of Matahiwi Marae in Hawke's Bay to the beautiful backdrop of Florence, Italy, this anthology explores the fascinating...
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