The power
and mystery of the horse comes from the pen of one who has known them all her
life. The fear, the danger, the thrill and the unpredictability of these
animals is given an immediacy in Marty Smiths first book of poems, 'Horse with
Hat’.
Interspersed with
the horse poems are others with even more power. These poems give truth to the
statement that 'children are great observers but poor interpreters'.
Marty's
reflections on members of her family - parents, uncles, grandparents; have the
innocence of the child but read with adult eyes contain some heartbreaking
revelations.
‘Horse with
Hat' was published in 2014 and won the Best First Book Award that year.
Marty Smith
is Napier based, nationally respected and the natural fit to chair the opening event,
'Subversive Verse', at the Hawkes Bay Readers and Writers Festival which is
part of the Arts Festival this year.
She is
tasked with wrangling two high fliers in the poetry world, Okham Award winner Tayi
Tibble and Poetry Slammer extraordinaire Sara Hirsch as they discuss the place
of poetry in protest movements and counter culture and put the verse into
subversive.
It is bound
to be unpredictable, opinionated and possibly a wild ride.
Join the
fun.
Friday 18th
October 7.30. Paisley Stage.
$18.00
Book online
at www.hbaf.co.nz
Door sales
available
Review by Josephine Carpenter
Catalogue link: Horse with Hat
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