Sport 38: Winter 2010
Contents
-
- Black Dog Book — by Ashleigh Young p. 3
- In the Bush — by Emma Kate Martin p. 15
- Sand — by Breton Dukes p. 35
- The Life and Deaths of Adeline Snow — by Melissa Day Smith p. 47
- River Stories — by Thomas Gough p. 69
- Missing the Dead — by William Dewey p. 83
- Amy Brown p. 93
-
Helen Heath p. 101
- Night's Magic — by Helen Heath p. 101
- How he found her — by Helen Heath p. 102
- Elegy — by Helen Heath p. 103
- Keeping quiet — by Helen Heath p. 104
- Always — by Helen Heath p. 105
-
Joan Fleming p. 106
- Bats — by Joan Fleming p. 106
- Dust — by Joan Fleming
- Grains — by Joan Fleming p. 107
- Proposal — by Joan Fleming
- Letting — by Joan Fleming
-
Elizabeth Smither p. 108
- Tony Hoagland farewells the poets — by Elizabeth Smither p. 108
- The nurses are coming — by Elizabeth Smither p. 109
-
Three Poems by Philippe Jaccottet — by C.K. Stead p. 110
- Late summer insights — by C.K. Stead p. 110
- Windblown fragments — by C.K. Stead p. 112
- Night notes — by C.K. Stead p. 115
- Kay Corns p. 118
-
Rachel Bush p. 122
- Show me the way — by Rachel Bush p. 122
- Maker — by Rachel Bush p. 123
- Feet inside — by Rachel Bush p. 124
-
Rae Varcoe p. 125
- Night Light — by Rae Varcoe p. 125
- October 2009: Five Weeks In Dunedin — by Rae Varcoe p. 126
- Wilfred Owen's Bones — by Rae Varcoe p. 127
- My Hairdresser — by Rae Varcoe p. 128
- In Praise of Euthanasia — by Rae Varcoe p. 129
- Day One, Dunedin Med School Class Reunion — by Rae Varcoe p. 130
- Palindrome / Glass — by Eleanor Catton p. 131
- Lunar Conversations — by Kirsten McDougall p. 148
- Shiver — by Claire Brunette p. 150
- Tetanus — by Frances Mountier p. 157
- Flood — by Hannah Jolly p. 164
- All at Once — by Pip Adam p. 171
- Investments — by Fiona Mitford p. 177
-
Ten Blue Bottles — by Lindsay Pope p. 183
- I p. 183
- II Insomnia
- III Demons p. 184
- IV The neighbour
- V How to Talk to Beans p. 185
- VI Propositional Calculus
- VII The Trap p. 186
- VIII Matinée
- IX p. 187
- X Einstein's theory of happiness
- The Holiday — by Sarah Jane Barnett p. 188
-
Chris Price p. 199
- The Vienna Concert — by Chris Price p. 199
- Hasta la vista — by Chris Price p. 200
- My mother as a tree — by Chris Price p. 201
-
Louise Wrightson p. 202
- How to Qualify for a Flat Lawn — by Louise Wrightson p. 202
- Ingredients for a Flat Lawn — by Louise Wrightson p. 203
- Ellmer's Mower Centre — by Louise Wrightson p. 204
-
Nick Ascroft p. 205
- Five Character Descriptions I am Too Lazy to Novelise — by Nick Ascroft p. 205
- Summer's Necrologue — by Nick Ascroft p. 206
- Analgesia in Her Morning's Eyeline — by Nick Ascroft p. 207
- The Dance Writer's Dilemma — by Jo Thorpe p. 208
- I'll never get a poem from this neighbourhood — by Miro Bilbrough p. 210
- It's Hard for Them to Talk about Things — by Rhian Gallagher p. 211
-
The Pigeon History — by Bill Nelson p. 212
- Prehistory — by Bill Nelson p. 212
- Settlement — by Bill Nelson p. 213
- Consolidation — by Bill Nelson p. 214
- Unsettlement — by Bill Nelson p. 215
- Posthistory — by Bill Nelson p. 216
- The Scrivener — by Bernadette Hall p. 217
- An African Argument — by Laura Borrowdale p. 231
- A Degrading Story — by Julian Novitz p. 236
-
Mermaid Fever — by Alison Glenny p. 251
- A description of the New Zealand 'mermaid' p. 251
-
Some biographies p. 255
- Alfred Mudd (1849—1919) — Mermaid Sighting off Astrolabe Bay, August 1881 p. 255
- Violet d'Ath (1901—1932) — Novelist, author of The Ice Station p. 257
- Percy Lithgow (1918—2005) — Oboist and composer p. 258
- Toshio Satoe (1919 —) — Poet
- Olive Burling (1922—) — Artist p. 260
- 'Mermaid Fever' comes to the Kapiti Coast p. 261
- Rediscovering Frank Cloud p. 262
- Thirty Ways of Looking at Marumaru South — by Craig Cliff p. 265
- Kuki the Krazy Kea — by Tane Thomson p. 280
- Contributors p. 283
- [adverts]