Loss. And Found (Paperback)

Loss. And found: A collection of poetry about love, loss and discovery. This collection was written between 2007 and 2013. The poems and images reflect the passage of relationships and our physical movement in the pursuit of (or away from) them. How do we re-negotiate our own sense of belonging and meaning through multiple migrations (of self and heart), yet remain anchored? Nothing happens in isolation. This collection began to form in New Zealand, in the Waitakere Ranges and alongside the Manukau Harbour. It was finished in East London, close to the River Lea and the Thames. Places between might be less obvious but are no less important. The images are collectively derived from East Sussex and Provence, in the wind shadows of Firle Beacon and the Petit Luberon. The poems are thematic. They are not serial. Some poems contain words written in Maori. They are not translated. Translation colonises meaning. Who are they about? I don't know. Or I won't say.