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A book is a book by jenny bornholdt, sarah wilkins nook. You can read a book while you walk, but you have to be careful not to bump into things. Shes published some awesome poetry, and will probably keep on doing so. Jennifer mary bornholdt mnzm born 1 november 1960 is a new zealand poet and anthologist. Jenny bornholdt products victoria university press. Sep 01, 2014 a book is a book hardcover september 1, 2014. Bornholdt has turned lemons into light bulbs and the moon bonny. Her most recent poetry collection is lost and somewhere else 2019. Her poems have been continuously recognised in publications such as best new zealand poems international institute of modern letters, and she has been selected for numerous awards and fellowships, including the katherine mansfield menton fellowship, the new zealand poets laureate award, and the montana new zealand book awards, now. Starved, our animal selves tore grass from the lawn, bark from the trees, trotted to where. The hill of wool by jenny bornholdt 2012, paperback for. Finance city bracketed by snow woollens airborne in the hall. It is an uplifting book full of astonishing life and lifes loveliness.
Favorite short poems like how to get ahead of yourself while the light still shines and being a poet are here alongside vernacular anecdotes like then murray came and powerful long poems like. I do read a lot of novels and im very pleased you liked olive kitteridge. Books by jenny bornholdt author of a book is a book. Oct 30, 2019 this is a book with handholds across inevitable separations. Her new selected poems provides a full representation of her work through nine collections and nearly thirty years.
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