Edgeland

EdgelandDiscover the brilliance of 'Edgeland', a brand new collection of poetry by renowned New Zealand poet David Eggleton. Measuring 150 x 230 mm, this vibrant paperback encompasses 112 pages brimming with intense poetry that showcases Eggleton's unique oratory voice. Dive into a world where lyrical beauty meets contemporary slang, reflecting the rich traditions of chant, lament, and ode while connecting to todays global dialogues on culture, media, and

Discover the brilliance of 'Edgeland', a brand new collection of poetry by renowned New Zealand poet David Eggleton. Measuring 150 x 230 mm, this vibrant paperback encompasses 112 pages brimming with intense poetry that showcases Eggleton's unique oratory voice. Dive into a world where lyrical beauty meets contemporary slang, reflecting the rich traditions of chant, lament, and ode while connecting to today’s global dialogues on culture, media, and social change.

In 'Edgeland', Eggleton masterfully blends the local vernacular with a profound understanding of our era's technobabble and disinformation. The collection presents a satirical examination of the intricacies of human flaws and the absurdities of a fast-paced world. From the man who amusingly mistook the moon for a candy bar to a survey of 35 unique beard types, this book is peppered with vivid characters and enchanting imagery that leap off the page.

Perfect for poetry lovers, 'Edgeland' invites readers to experience a universe rich with anarchic wit and imaginative narratives. Whether you seek profound reflections or enjoyable satire, this collection offers something for everyone.

Delivery is efficient with options for combined shipping, ensuring that your new favorite poetry collection arrives seamlessly at your door. Proudly stocked in New Zealand, there are no unexpected import charges, custom duties, or tax, allowing you to relish your poetry without worry.

CONDITION: Brand New
Dimensions: 150 x 230 mm
Pages: 112
Bind: paperback
Author: David Eggleton Publisher: Otago University Press


The poetry in David Eggleton’s new collection possesses an intensity and driven energy, using the poet’s recognisable signature oratory voice, strong in beat and measure, rooted in rich traditions of chant, lament and ode. Mashing together the lyrical and the slangy, celebrating local vernaculars while simultaneously plugged in to a global zeitgeist of technobabble and fake news, Eggleton recycles and ‘repurposes’ high visual culture and demotic aural culture. Edgeland offers a tragicomic and surreal skewering of the cons, swindles, posturings and flaws of damaged people on the make, dislocating the reader with high speed jinks and swerves. A satirical eye interrogates ‘data’, media bilge, opinion, social change, extreme experience, and worst-case-scenario extrapolations. A menagerie of vivid characters burst off the page – including the man who mistook the moon for a candy bar, instigators, prestidigitators, procurators, promulgators, Zorro and Governor Grey – alongside a survey of 35 types of beard, an ode to ooze, metadada, Gordon Ramsay’s pan-sizzled bull’s pizzle, a Baxterian moa, and various other waka jumpers hailing from Jafaville to Jack’s Blowhole. Edgeland is a dazzling display of polychromatic virtuosity, teeming with irrepressible wordplay, startling imagery and anarchic wit, from one of New Zealand’s best-loved poets

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