Selected Poems | THW Classic

First published in 2019 and now available in paperback, this book was the first to represent the full extent of Brian Turner’ s achievement as a poet, from his Commonwealth Poetry Prize-winning debut, Ladders of Rain, to poems written in 2018. One of New Zealand’ s most acclaimed and widely read contemporary poets, Brian Turner was a proud southerner, and the landscapes and skyscapes of the central South Island are among the strongest characteristics of his work. His themes range widely and make striking connections – poems about fathers and sons are also poems about the duties of care we owe to the natural world; love poems open out into metaphysical inquiry; satire keeps close company with political protest. Turner’ s work is distinguished always by his unmistakable wit and feeling, precision and insight.