Aztec Noon

Aztec Noon is Geoff Cochrane's first full collection of poems. Part One comprises 27 poems written in the last two years, in which his poetry has achieved an impressive maturity. Part Two is a selection of poems from his highly regarded private-press books of the seventies and eighties, which record both the development of a voice and a life in the margins of the city.

‘Cochrane’s language may shine with pain, but it’s still alive, and to that extent it’s independent of him.’ —Ian Wedde, Islands

Geoff Cochrane (1951–2022) was a poet and fiction writer. The author of nineteen collections of poems, two novels, a novella, and two collections of short stories, he was the recipient of an Arts Foundation Laureate Award, presented as part of the 2014 Westpac New Zealand Arts Awards. He was awarded the Janet Frame Prize for Poetry in 2009, and the inaugural Nigel Cox Unity Books Award in 2010.