Triptych

by Rob Jackaman
... reveals three aspects of contemporary poetry, distinct yet interrelated—the satirical, the confessional, and the lyrical. The geography of the volume, at first glance rather zany—starting in Riccarton, moving to Iceland, and ending in Marlborough—provides an informal and intermittent narrative thread that ultimately helps to bind together the poet's world. Each aspect of the text is supported by a different art-work—an etching by Barry Cleavin, a painting by Don Peebles, and a lithograph by Ralph Hotere.
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