Axis
Poems and Drawings

Cilla McQueen

Cilla McQueen is one of New Zealand's major poets (New Zealand Book Award for Poetry three times). Axis is a selection of her poems from the past twenty years, drawn from five volumes of her published work: Homing In (1982), Anti Gravity (1984), Wild Sweets (1986), Benzina (1988), and Crik'ey (1993). The poems are interspersed with drawings she produced on the same themes or subjects. Also included are Cilla's musical scores: of 'singing landscapes' and 'conversations in crowded rooms', for example.

This is an exciting book. It will be welcomed by anyone who enjoys the work of Cilla McQueen.

About the Author

Cilla McQueen has published seven volumes of poetry and has been awarded the New Zealand Book Award for Poetry three times. She has held the University of Otago's Burns Fellowship, a Fulbright Visiting Writers' Fellowship, and the Scholarship in Letters. She lives in Bluff.

Publication Details

Poetry, NZ Literature/Arts
ISBN 1 877276 06 5, paperback, 240 x 170 mm, 144 pp, $34.95
b&w drawings
Release May 2001