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Runes
- GenresPoetry
52 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1973
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James K. Baxter
52 books7 followersJames Keir Baxter was a poet, and is a celebrated figure in New Zealand society.
In his critical study Lives of the Poets, Michael Schmidt defines Baxter's 'Jacobean consonantal rhetoric'.Schmidt has claimed that Baxter was 'one of the most precocious poets of the century' whose neglect outside of New Zealand is baffling. His writing was affected by his alcoholism. His work drew upon Dylan Thomas and Yeats; then on MacNeice and Lowell. Michael Schmidt identifies 'an amalgam of Hopkins, Thomas and native atavisms' in Baxter's 'Prelude N.Z.
In his critical study Lives of the Poets, Michael Schmidt defines Baxter's 'Jacobean consonantal rhetoric'.Schmidt has claimed that Baxter was 'one of the most precocious poets of the century' whose neglect outside of New Zealand is baffling. His writing was affected by his alcoholism. His work drew upon Dylan Thomas and Yeats; then on MacNeice and Lowell. Michael Schmidt identifies 'an amalgam of Hopkins, Thomas and native atavisms' in Baxter's 'Prelude N.Z.
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February 13, 2023I hate
And love; I love and hate...
Under the streetlight it's your mouth that's wet with
blood:
I'm your refrigerated meat!
And love; I love and hate...
Under the streetlight it's your mouth that's wet with
blood:
I'm your refrigerated meat!
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March 23, 2022"The Jar", "Instruction" and "The Millstones" are top-shelf Baxter
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September 22, 2009Baxter at his best. Wiser than most for admitting he is lost. I like him when he's still carnal and grabbling with lust.
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