RedEdits

Poets disimprove with age and should die young.
Should resemble shooting stars.
Should trace short arcs of fizz and fire
and then disappear.
—‘What I Told Bernie’s Class’

In this collection, Geoff Cochrane defies his own advice to disappear. Instead, he traces wry, darkly glittering lines from odd fragments, encounters, overheard conversations, and moments of absurdity and revelation. RedEdits is the work of one of the most memorable voices in New Zealand poetry.

Geoff Cochrane (1951–2022) was 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.

Cover design: Keely O’Shannessy