The Tuesday Poem this week is "At Koukourarata/Port
Levy" by John O'Connor, selected by Andrew Bell: http://tuesdaypoem.blogspot.co.nz/2015/07/at-koukourarataport-levy-by-john-oconnor.html
Andrew
says:
This post today is to honour the
passing of one of Christchurch and Canterbury's poetic identities, John
O'Connor. John died suddenly on 12 May 2015.
John O'Connor founded the poetry magazine, plainwraps, in 1989. He has been an occasional editor ofSpin, Takahe and the NZ Poetry Society's annual anthology. He was co-founder of Sudden Valley Press and Poets Group and was co-editor of the Canterbury Poets Combined Presses. He was on the committee of the Canterbury Poets Collective for twelve years, five of those as Chair.
John's many poetry collections include Laying Autumn's Dust (Line Print, 1983), Citizen of No MeanCity (Concept Publishing, 1985), As It Is (Sudden Valley Press, 1997), A Particular Context (Sudden Valley Press, 1999), Working Voices (with Eric Mould) (Hallard Press, 2003), Parts of the Moon:Selected Haiku (Post Pressed, 2007), Cornelius & Co: Collected Working Class Verse (Post Pressed, 2010), Bright the Harvest Moon (Poets Group, 2011), Aspects of Reality (HeadworX, 2013) andWhistling in the Dark (HeadworX, 2014).
John O'Connor founded the poetry magazine, plainwraps, in 1989. He has been an occasional editor ofSpin, Takahe and the NZ Poetry Society's annual anthology. He was co-founder of Sudden Valley Press and Poets Group and was co-editor of the Canterbury Poets Combined Presses. He was on the committee of the Canterbury Poets Collective for twelve years, five of those as Chair.
John's many poetry collections include Laying Autumn's Dust (Line Print, 1983), Citizen of No MeanCity (Concept Publishing, 1985), As It Is (Sudden Valley Press, 1997), A Particular Context (Sudden Valley Press, 1999), Working Voices (with Eric Mould) (Hallard Press, 2003), Parts of the Moon:Selected Haiku (Post Pressed, 2007), Cornelius & Co: Collected Working Class Verse (Post Pressed, 2010), Bright the Harvest Moon (Poets Group, 2011), Aspects of Reality (HeadworX, 2013) andWhistling in the Dark (HeadworX, 2014).
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