The publication in 1980 of Collected Poems was a landmark in New Zealand literature. James K. Baxter--a social worker among addicts and the homeless--as a Catholic convert finally settled in and wrote about a small Maori settlement called Jerusalem. This volume includes over 700 poems which have been previously published, and 50 poems remaining in manuscript.
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The publication in 1980 of Collected Poems was a landmark in New Zealand literature. James K. Baxter--a social worker among addicts and the homeless--as a Catholic convert finally settled in and wrote about a small Maori settlement called Jerusalem. This volume includes over 700 poems which have been previously published, and 50 poems remaining in manuscript.
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