Classic and Contemporary Poets

JAMES KEIR BAXTER

Poems found: 701

ON THE DEATH OF HER BODY

BLOW, WIND OF FRUITFULNESS

BOYS LAUGH AT EASE

CREDO UNDER THE LION-THROATED SUN

I HAVE CUT FROM MY HEART

I'M A TREE IN THE GARDEN

IF I WERE KING OF SWEDEN

LET TIME BE STILL

MAN, HE HAS GIVEN ME THE CROSS OF A CHILD

NEITHER ACCUSING NOR ACCUSED

O LANDS SEEN IN THE LIGHT OF AN INHUMAN DAWN

OH EARLY IN THE MORNING

SPRING-HEELED JACK

SWING, SWING, SWING

FIRST OF MANY GRIEFS

RAIN FALLS ALL EVENING

RAIN HAS WET MY BEARD AND HAIR

BALLAD FOR THE MEN OF HOLY CROSS

BUCKET OF BLOOD FOR A DOLLAR

CLAPPER TO KEEP OFF CROWS

DEATH SONG FOR MY MOULDYBROKE

DENTIST'S WINDOW

FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH 1939

GIRL'S INVOCATION

GOAN VILLAGER SPEAKS IN HEAVEN

LITTLE LETTER TO AUCKLAND STUDENTS

PROSPECT OF OLD AGE

QUESTION OF RAPE

ROPE FOR HARRY FAT

SMALL ODE ON MIXED FLATTING

SONG FOR SIRIUS

TAKAPUNA BUSINESS MAN CONSIDERS HIS SON'S DEATH IN KOREA

VIEW FROM DUFFY'S FARM

WISH FOR BERRIES

AIR FLIGHT NORTH

AIR FLIGHT TO DELHI

ATTITUDE TO PINE-CONES

ODE TO THE REIGNING MONARCH ON THE OCCASION OF HER MAJEST

ANY POET TO A BREADBOARD

APPARITION OF THE GODDESS VENUS TO A SLEEP MAN

AT BRIGHTON BAY

AT RASPBERRY HUT

AT TAIERI MOUTH

AT THE FOX GLACIER HOTEL

AT THE FRANZ JOSEF GLACIER

AT THE TOMB OF THESEUS

AUTUMN TESTAMENT

BALLAD OF CALVARY STREET

BALLAD OF CAMPBELL AND THE PREACHING FISH

BALLAD OF DIVES AND LAZARUS

BALLAD OF FIRETRAP CASTLE: 1 BLACK MARIGOLD SONG

BALLAD OF FIRETRAP CASTLE: 2 TRUTH SONG

BALLAD OF FIRETRAP CASTLE: 3 QUIET MARY SONG

BALLAD OF FIRETRAP CASTLE: 4 SPIKING SONG

BALLAD OF FIRETRAP CASTLE: 5 SAD SONG

BALLAD OF FIRETRAP CASTLE: 6 RIVER WATER SONG

BALLAD OF FIRETRAP CASTLE: 7 FIRETRAP CASTLE SONG

BALLAD OF FIRETRAP CASTLE: 8 PIGEON PARK SONG

BALLAD OF FIRETRAP CASTLE: 9 NEW MOOD SONG

BALLAD OF JOHN MACFARLANE AND THE WATER WOMAN

BALLAD OF JOHN SILENT

BALLAD OF LAZARUS

BALLAD OF NINE JOBS

BALLAD OF ONE TREE HILL

BALLAD OF THE JUNKIES AND THE FUZZ

BALLAD OF THE QUINCE

BALLAD OF THE STONEGUT SUGAR WORKS

BALLAD OF THE THIRD BOOBHEAD

BALLAD OF THE THREE MONKEYS

BE HAPPY IN BED

BECAUSE THE FLAX BLADES

BEETHOVEN IN SPRING

BEYOND THE PALISADE

BEYOND THE PALISADE

BOOK OF THE DEAD

BREADBOARD AND KNIFE

BROTHER, I AM LIKE A DEAD MAN

BY THE DRY CARDRONA

CATULLUS AT THE GRAVE OF HIS BROTHER

CHARM FOR HILARY

CHRISTCHURCH 1948

CLEANING UP AFTER THE PARTY

CLUTHA RIVER SONG

COLLOQUY WITH A BREADBOARD

COMING AT EVENING

COMPLAINT TO A FRIEND

CONVERSATION IN A GARDEN

CONVERSATION IN A ROAD

COTTON TROUSERS

CRESSIDA, SELS.

CRESSIDA: 1. IN THE LECTURE ROOM

CRESSIDA: 10. BAR ROOM CONVERSATION

CRESSIDA: 11. HER DECISION

CRESSIDA: 12. LOUNGE BAR

CRESSIDA: 13. HER REPROACH

CRESSIDA: 14. HER DREAM

CRESSIDA: 15. SESTINA

CRESSIDA: 16. HER ENVOY

CRESSIDA: 2. THE CAFE

CRESSIDA: 3. THE BOAT CLUB DANCE

CRESSIDA: 4. IN THE PUBLIC GARDENS

CRESSIDA: 5. HER FIRST SONG

CRESSIDA: 7. HER CONFESSION

CRESSIDA: 8. THE LETTER

CRESSIDA: 9. HER SECOND SONG

CROSSING COOK STRAIT

DEATH OF A SWAN

DEFENCE OF ROMANTIC LOVE

DUNEDIN MORNING

DUNEDIN REVISITED

EARTH DOES AT LENGTH

EAST COAST JOURNEY

EASTER TESTAMENT

ELEGY AT THE YEAR'S END

ELEGY FOR AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER

ELEGY FOR MY FATHER'S FATHER

ELEVEN O'CLOCK BLUES

EPILOGUE FOR IAN

EVIDENCE AT THE WITCH TRIALS

FEEDING THE BIRDS

FERRY FROM LYTTELTON

FIRE IN THE MOUNTAINS

FITZ DRIVES HOME THE SPIGOT

FIVE POEMS: 1 THE NEW BRIDGE AND THE OLD ONE

FIVE POEMS: 2 FISHING

FIVE POEMS: 3 GATHERING WATERCRESS

FIVE POEMS: 4 THE HANGI

FIVE POEMS: 5 OUTSIDE THE MEETING HOUSE

FIVE SESTINAS: 1 WINTER IN JERUSALEM

FIVE SESTINAS: 2 ON THE SHORTEST DAY OF THE YEAR

FIVE SESTINAS: 3 THE DARK WELCOME

FIVE SESTINAS: 4 SONG TO THE FATHER

FIVE SESTINAS: 5 LETTER TO PETER OLDS (2)

FOOTNOTE TO ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA

FOR A CHILD AT NAGASAKI

FOR BURIAL IN GROUND

FOR KEVIN IRELAND

FOR ONE GOING OVERSEAS

FOUR GOD SONGS: 1. TWO SONGS FOR LAZARUS

FOUR GOD SONGS: 2. SONGS OF PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER

GETTING STONED ON THE NIGHT AIR

GRASS AND NIGHT WIND

GREAT-UNCLES AND GREAT-AUNTS

GREEN FIGS AT TABLE

GUY FAWKES NIGHT

HARRY FAT AND UNCLE SAM

HE WAIATA MO TAKU TANGI

HE WAIATA MO TANA

HE WAIATA MO TE KARE

HEARD IN A SOD CHIMNEY

HER SECOND SONG

HIGH COUNTRY WEATHER

HIGH WIND AT HOKIO

HOLY LIFE AND DEATH OF CONCRETE GRADY 4 GRADY UNDER SHOCK

HOLY LIFE AND DEATH OF CONCRETE GRADY: 1 BALLAD OF GRADY'S

HOLY LIFE AND DEATH OF CONCRETE GRADY: 2 SATURDAY NOVENA

HOLY LIFE AND DEATH OF CONCRETE GRADY: 3 CHRISTMAS MEDITATIO

HOLY LIFE AND DEATH OF CONCRETE GRADY: 5 GRADY'S DEATH

HOLY LIFE AND DEATH OF CONCRETE GRADY: 6 PARTICULAR JUDGEMEN

HOLY LIFE AND DEATH OF CONCRETE GRADY: 7 GRADY'S EPITAGH

HOMAGE TO LOST FRIENDS

HOST AND STRANGER

HOW TO FLY BY STANDING STILL

IN FIRES OF NO RETURN

IN PRAISE OF THE TANIWHA

IN TIMES OF TROUBLE AMONG NATIONS

INSCRIPTION FOR THE WALL OF A POWER STATION

IRON BREADBOARD

IRON SCYTHE SONG

JACK THE SWAGGER'S SONG

JERUSALEM BLUES 2

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LAMENT FOR BARNEY FLANAGAN

LETTER FROM THE MOUNTAINS

LETTER TO AUSTRALIA

LETTER TO EUGENE O'SULLIVAN

LETTER TO JOHN WEIR

LETTER TO MAX HARRIS

LETTER TO NOEL GINN

LETTER TO NOEL GINN II

LETTER TO PETER OLDS

LETTER TO PIERS PLOWMAN

LETTER TO ROBERT BURNS

LETTER TO SAM HUNT

LETTER TO THE WORLD

LETTERS TO FRANK MCKAY

LIE DEEP, MY LOVE

LITTLE MR. MUSHROOM

MAN, YOU WILL BE DUST

MANDRAKES FOR SUPPER

MARY AT EPHESUS

MEDITATION ON MY FATHER'S DEATH

MORNING IN JERUSALEM

MOTHER CRAWFORD'S BOARDING HOUSE

MR BAXTER'S EVENING LITURGY

MY LOVE LATE WALKING

NEW ZEALAND (FOR MONTE HOLCROFT)

NEWS FROM A PACIFIED AREA

NEWS FROM PRAGUE

NIGHT IN TARRAS

NOR INNOCENCE BE BORN

OBSEQUY FOR DYLAN THOMAS

OCTOBER WATER POEM

ODE TO AUCKLAND

ON ENTERING LYTTELTON HARBOUR

ON POSSESSING THE BURNS FELLOWSHIP 1966

ON READING YEVTUSHENKO

ON THE DOWNHILL ROAD

PIG ISLAND LETTERS

POEM AGAINST COMFORT

POEM BY THE CLOCK TOWER, SUMMER

POEM FOR ALISON

POEM FOR JOHN WEIR

POEM IN NASEBY GRAVEYARD

POEM IN THE MATUKITUKI VALLEY

POEM TO A SMALL FLOWER

PORTRAIT OF A POET

PRAYER FOR A DUCK-SHOOTING UNCLE

PSALM OF THE DEFEATED

RAPUNZEL (A FANTASIA FOR SIX VOICES)

REFLECTIONS AT KHANDALLAH BATHS

REFLECTIONS AT LOWBURN FERRY

RETURNED SOLDIER

SESTINA OF THE MAKUTU

SESTINA OF THE RIVER ROAD

SESTINA TO FRANK MCKAY

SEVEN YEAR OLD POET

SHE WHO IS LIKE THE MOON

SHINGLE BEACH POEM

SONG FOR AN OLD SOAK

SONG FOR HOLY SATURDAY

SONG FOR SAKYAMUNI

SONG FOR THE MIDDLE YEARS

SONG FOR THREE VOICES

SONG OF THE FREEMAN'S CHILD

SONG OF THE SEA-NYMPHS AT THE DEATH OF ICARUS

SONG OF THE YEARS

SONG OF TINBUM KELLY

SONG TO THE HOLY SPIRIT

SONG TO THE LORD GOD

SONG TO THE LORD GOD ON A SPRING MORNING

SONG TO THE LORD JESUS

SONGS OF THE DESERT

SPRING SONG OF A CIVIL SERVANT

SUGAR ON THE BREADBOARD

SUN AND THE GREEN SAP

TE WHIORE O TE KURI

THAT THE WORLD MAY KNOW IT

ADVANTAGES OF DRESSING WELL

BIG BLACK WHALE

BLACK BOOK SONG

BOOBHEAD AND THE GIRL

COMMUNIST SPEAKS

FIRST COMMUNION

FIRST FORGOTTEN

GIRL AND THE BREADBOARD

GIRL IN THE BOOKSHOP

GIRL IN YELLOW JEANS

GUNNER'S LAMENT

HOLY NEIGHBOURS

INFANT OF BIAFRA

INFLAMMABLE WOMAN

KILLING OF A RABBIT

MAN IN THE CLOUD

MAN WHO LIKED MONEY

MOON AND THE CHESTNUT TREE

OLD EARTH CLOSET

OLD MAN THINKS OF WOMEN

PERSON OF MY DEAR

PRIVATE CONFERENCE OF HARRY FAT

PROBLEM OF KEEPING DOGS

ROCK-BORN STREAM

SHEPHERD'S REPLY

SONG OF THE SUN

SURFMAN'S STORY

TIREDNESS OF ME AND HERAKLES

TOWN UNDER THE SEA

WOMAN IN THE BUS

WOMAN ON THE STAIR

THIEF AND SAMARITAN

THIS INDIAN MORNING

THOUGHTS OF A DYING CALVINIST

THOUGHTS OF A REMUERA HOUSEWIFE

THOUGHTS OF WAR ON A SPRING DAY

THREE LITTLE MICE

TO A BREADBOARD

TO A DEAD FRIEND

TO A GIRL JIVING IN THE PICASSO

TO A PRINT OF QUEEN VICTORIA

TO A TRAVELLING FRIEND

TO AN ADULT EDUCATION AUDIENCE

TO ANY YOUNG MAN WHO HEARS MY VERSES READ IN A LECTURE ROOMN

TO MY FATHER IN SPRING

TO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP

TO PATRIC CAREY

TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS

TRAVELLER'S LITANY

TRAVELLING TO DUNEDIN

TURN, TURN THE CAPSTAN

TWENTY LITTLE ENGINES

TWO DIALOGUES OF CHRIST AND THE SOUL

UNIVERSITY SONG

UNIVERSITY SONG: ENVOI

VENETIAL BLINDS

VISION OF A BREADBOARD

WAIPATIKI BEACH

WELLINGTON HARBOUR

WHAT SHALL WE SEEK FOR

WINTER MONOLOGUE

WINTER POEM TO MY WIFE

WOMAN WITH BREADBOARD

WORDS AND MONEY

WORDS FOR A POET

WORDS TO LAY A STRONG GHOST: 1 THE PARTY

WORDS TO LAY A STRONG GHOST: 10 THE FRIEND

WORDS TO LAY A STRONG GHOST: 11

WORDS TO LAY A STRONG GHOST: 12 THE ROCK

WORDS TO LAY A STRONG GHOST: 13 THE FLOWER

WORDS TO LAY A STRONG GHOST: 14 AT THE GRAVE OF A WAR HERO

WORDS TO LAY A STRONG GHOST: 2 THE PEACH TREE

WORDS TO LAY A STRONG GHOST: 3 THE BUDGIE

WORDS TO LAY A STRONG GHOST: 4 THE HYMEN

WORDS TO LAY A STRONG GHOST: 5 THE EARTH

WORDS TO LAY A STRONG GHOST: 6 THE CHANGE-OVER

WORDS TO LAY A STRONG GHOST: 7 THE COUNTER-LUNCH

WORDS TO LAY A STRONG GHOST: 8 THE WOUND

WORDS TO LAY A STRONG GHOST: 9 THE RIVAL

WORKING ALL DAY

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