Next (Paperback)

Alan Roddick

ISBN 10: 1990048315 / ISBN 13: 9781990048319

Published by Otago University Press, Dunedin, 2022

About this Item

Paperback. Writing from the eighth and ninth decades of his life, Alan Roddick's third collection of poetry, Next, examines the past, observes the present and speculates on the future. Anchored in the action of daily life - whether it be a ride in a mirrored elevator or a roadside conversation with a friend - his poems speak of migration, family, friendship, aging and mortality. Next is marked by a rare blend of uncompromising vision and deep compassion. Here is poetry that delights in warmth, humour, wit and grace, that revels in the beauty of the world, that insists on 'anticrepuscular rays' at twilight even as it's asking the niggling question: 'Tomorrow, though? .' Writing from the eighth and ninth decades of his life, Alan Roddick's third collection of poetry, Next, examines the past, observes the present and speculates on the future. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Next (Paperback)
• Publisher: Otago University Press, Dunedin
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1990048315
• ISBN 13: 9781990048319
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Writing from the eighth and ninth decades of his life, Alan Roddick’s third collection of poetry, Next, examines the past, observes the present and speculates on the future. Here is poetry that delights in warmth, humour, wit and grace, that revels in the beauty of the world, that insists on ‘anticrepuscular rays’ at twilight even as it’s asking the niggling question: ‘Tomorrow, though? …’

About the Author

Alan Roddick was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and emigrated to New Zealand in 1952. He is the literary executor for Charles Brasch and has edited numerous books including Charles Brasch: Selected Poems (OUP, 2015). Next is Roddick’s third book of poetry: his first collection, The Eye Corrects, was published in 1967 and was followed 49 years later with Getting It Right (OUP, 2016).