Description
Mike Beveridge’s poems return us to a time when poems had rhyme and rhythm (they are, in short, Poems For Remembering), while at the same time being wholly modern in their scope and points of reference. And New Zealand is a constant presence…
About the Author
Mike Beveridge was captain of his school’s First Fifteen and went on to a long rugby career which included several representative honours. He received a Master of Arts with First Class Honours from the University of Canterbury. In 1975, with a friend, he started The Everyman Book and Record Shop in Nelson, which traded successfully for almost forty years. He has lived in Palmerston North, Featherston, Napier, Hastings, Upper Hutt, Wellington, Wanganui, Auckland, Nelson, Christchurch, and Whangamatā, where he currently lives.
Reviews
“New Zealand’s Les Murray. The voice of ordinary folk living everyday lives in Aotearoa.”
– Professor Patrick Evans author of The Penguin History of New Zealand Literature