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James K. Baxter Complete Prose Volume 4

Poetry

Poetry

Beyond the Palisade. Christchurch: Caxton Press, 1945 2nd__edition (edited by Paul Millar). Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1998

Blow, Wind of Fruitfulness. Christchurch: Caxton Press, 1948

Hart Crane, a poem. Sumner, Christchurch: Catspaw Press, 1948

Charm for Hilary. Sumner: Catspaw Press, 1949

Poems Unpleasant (With Louis Johnson and Anton Vogt). Christchurch: Pegasus Press, 1952

The Fallen House. Christchurch: Caxton Press, 1953

Rapunzel: a fantasia for six voices. Wellington: no imprint, [1953]

Lament for Barney Flanagan, licensee of the Hesperus Hotel. Wellington: no imprint, 1954.

Traveller’s Litany. Wellington: Handcraft Press, 1955

The Iron Breadboard, studies in New Zealand writing. Wellington: The Mermaid Press, 1957

The Night Shift, poems on aspects of love (With Charles Doyle, Louis Johnson, and Kendrick Smithyman). Wellington: Capricorn Press, 1957

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Chosen Poems. Bombay: Konkan Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1958. [Annotated ‘for private circulation.’]

In Fires of No Return. London: Oxford University Press, 1958

Ballad of Calvary Street. Wellington: no imprint, 1960

Howrah Bridge and other poems. Wellington: Oxford University Press, 1961

The Ballad of the Soap Powder Lock-out. no imprint. [‘In 1963 .copies of this ballad were cyclostyled and distributed to selected addresses’.]

A Selection of Poetry. Wellington: Poetry Magazine, 1964

A Bucket of Blood for a Dollar; a conversation between Uncle Sam and the Rt. Hon. Keith Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zealand. Christchurch: John Summers Bookshop, 1965

The Gunner’s Lament; for my wife Te Kare. no imprint. Wellington: 1965. [Typescript.]

The Old Earth Closet, a tribute to regional poetry. Wellington: [Wai-te-ata Press], 1965

Pig Island Letters. London: Oxford University Press, 1966

A Ballad for the Men of Holy Cross. Dunedin: 1966. [Privately issued in cyclostyled form for distribution at a lecture at Holy Cross Seminary, Dunedin.]

A Small Ode on Mixed Flatting, elicited by the decision of the Otago University authorities to forbid this practice among students. [Christchurch]: Caxton Press, [1967]

The Lion Skin: poems. Dunedin: Bibliography Room, University of Otago, 1967

a death song for mr mouldybroke. Christchurch: John Summers, [1968]

Ballad of the Stonegut Sugar Works. Auckland: no imprint, 1969

The Rock Woman, selected poems. Wellington: Oxford University Press, 1969

Jerusalem Sonnets, poems for Colin Durning. Dunedin: Bibliography Room, University of Otago, 1970

The Junkies and the Fuzz. Wellington: Wai-te-ata Press, 1970

Jerusalem Blues 2. Plimmerton: The Bottle Press, 1971

Jerusalem Daybook. Wellington: Price Milburn, 1971. [Also listed as prose.]

Autumn Testament. With a tribute by Frank McKay. Wellington: Price Milburn, 1972

__ 2nd edition (edited by Paul Millar) Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1998

Posthumous

Four God Songs. Karori, Wellington: Futuna Press, [1972]

Letter to Peter Olds. Dunedin: Caveman Press, 1972

Ode to Auckland and other poems. Introduced by Peter Olds. Dunedin: Caveman Press, 1972

Runes. Wellington: Oxford University Press, 1973

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Two Obscene Poems. With an Introduction by Max Harris. Adelaide: Mary Martin Books, [1973]

The Labyrinth, some uncollected poems 1944-72. Chosen by J.E. Weir. Wellington: Oxford University Press, 1974

The Tree House and other poems for children. Wellington: Price Milburn, 1974

The Holy Life and Death of Concrete Grady, various uncollected and unpublished poems. Chosen and introduced by J.E. Weir. Wellington: Oxford University Press, 1976

The Holy Life and Death of Concrete Grady, various uncollected and unpublished poems. Chosen and introduced by J.E. Weir. Wellington: Oxford University Press, 1976

Collected Poems / James K. Baxter. Edited by John Weir. Wellington: Oxford University Press, 1980 [i.e. 1979]

__ Reprinted with corrections 1981

__ Paperback edition 1988

__ Reissued in hardback 1995

__ Reissued with two additional poems 2004

James K. Baxter Selected Poems. Edited by John Weir. Wellington: Oxford University Press, 1982

Cold Spring: Baxter’s Unpublished Early Collection. Edited by Paul Millar. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1996

New Selected Poems James K. Baxter. Edited by Paul Millar. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 2001

The Tree House: James K. Baxter’s poems for children. Illustrated by Eleanor Fearn. Auckland: Scholastic NZ, 2002. [Poems selected from The Tree House and other poems for children, 1974]

Baxter Basics: poems for children by James K. Baxter. Illustrated by Lynley Dodds, Judith Trevelyan, Dawn Johnston and Ernest Papps. Wellington: Steele Roberts, 2008. [This book republishes six poems originally published in separate booklets in 1979: Rain, I’m a Tree, The Tree House, The Seagull, The Ships,The Firemen.]

James K. Baxter Poems. Selected and introduced by Sam Hunt. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2009

Selected Poems. Edited by Paul Millar. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2010

Poems to a Glass Woman. Edited by John Weir. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2012