A POET'S THANKS

Evening Star, Issue 25678, 29 December 1945, Page 8

A POET'S THANKS

Mr Merrill Moore is an American who as a serviceman has spent two years in New Zealand with enjoyment. His appreciation of thiscountry and of friendships formed in it have moved l him to offer to its people a book of some 60 of his poems " as all too slight a way of saying ' thank you and goodbye.''' This he tells us in the diiff'i" to ' no Poems for New Zealand.' From the ipoeins themselves,

each of 14 lines, divided into from two to seven stanzas, and therefore something different from sonnets, one would not learn so much; They are grouped " For Aucklanders," " For Wellingtonians," " For Denizens of the South island," " For Maoris," but, generally, there is no indication why. They treat, in accomplished verse, of any idea that has come into Mr Moore's mind. The women's eyes in tea rooms, for example, that he describes vividly might have been seen in any place as well as Wellington. But it is a kindly thought that makes him offer his book, which has its own title to appreciation. Published by the Progressive Publishing Society, Wellington.