Star Waka

Poems by Robert Sullivan

By: Robert Sullivan

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1 March 1999

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Published on the cusp of the new millennium, Sullivan's third book of poems, Star Waka, came with some strings attached: each poem had to feature either a star, a waka, or the ocean. Within these parameters, and in 2001 lines, Sullivan creates 100 poems that, he says, themselves function like a waka: 'members of the crew change, the rhythm and the view changes - it is subject to the laws of nature'.

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""Star Waka" is a poetic history of the evolution of the modern New Zealand imagination. It is an impressive achievement." Ken Arvidson, "Waikato Times"" "Astunning book, full of attitude. . . . If you read only one book of poetry this year, make sure it s this one!" Bernadette Hall, "Evening Post"" "This stroppy book, then, is a work of elation, a work to be recited, the continuation of an oral culture invigorated by the written word. It swirls with the cinematic promise of winds, tides, the flight of land-seeking birds, the course of whales and sharks, the patterns of waves and tides. But none of this is just picturesque: it's the struggle of memory against forgetting, Sullivan's people will not forget." --David Eggleton, NZ Listener "A stunning book, full of attitude. . . . If you read only one book of poetry this year, make sure it's this one!" --Bernadette Hall, Evening Post "Star Waka is a poetic history of the evolution of the modern New Zealand imagination. It is an impressive achievement." --Ken Arvidson, Waikato Times

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