Hourglass
Sue Wootton

	Art & Poetry Poetry Price: $19.99 Availability: now Format: Paperback ISBN: 1-877338-77-X Add this book to your shopping bag

About the Book

I gaze where the ship points me. On up-swells
I glimpse clouds; swinging down, I peer
into the keel-split water. I am always proud,
even disdainful: I slight porpoise and albatross
without favour. I am the sailor's muse, the ship's courage.
This fact sings in my cedar blood.

Read Sue's poem "Countdown"

About the Author

Sue Wootton lives in Dunedin. She was awarded
a New Zealand Society of Authors mentorship with 
Elizabeth Smither in 2003, and that year was 
shortlisted for the Lillian Ida Smith award. Her poem 
'Countdown' was selected for Best NZ Poems 2004. 
Sue has been published widely in newspapers, 
journals and anthologies; this is her first collection.

Read more at the NZ Book Council website…

Also by Sue: 
* Magnetic South
* Cloudcatcher