
The collected poems of James Baxter, who is considered by some critics to be a leading English language poet of this century.

The publication Collected Poems was a landmark in New Zealand literature. James K. Baxter--a social worker among addicts and the homeless--as a Catholic convert finally settled in and wrote about a small Maori settlement called Jerusalem.
This volume includes over 700 poems...

A new reissue of the definitive edition of 200 poems chosen from a corpus of 600, the work here ranges across his entire career, both before and after his conversion to Catholicism. This edition includes two poems not in the original, Moss on Plum Branches and A Pair of Sandals...

Many people treasure the poetry of James K. Baxter (1926-1972), a complex and gifted poet at the forefront of his generation. This edition includes all poems from collections and broadsheets. The poems are carefully edited, with brief textual notes where necessary, and are arranged...