Este autor explora las complejidades de la identidad y la intersección cultural a través de su evocadora poesía. Moldeado por su herencia polinesia y europea y una vida que abarca el Pacífico, sus versos capturan temas de viaje, memoria y la búsqueda de pertenencia. El estilo de Eggleton se caracteriza por su lirismo y su profunda resonancia, invitando a los lectores a contemplar la naturaleza interconectada de lo personal y lo universal.
David Eggleton, Poet Laureate of Aotearoa 2019–21, has published nine poetry collections, and now, finally, comes a ‘Best Of ’. The Wilder Selected Poems is a hardback compendium of the poet’s own selection from 35 years of published work, together with a handful of new poems. Cover art by Nigel Brown.
Respirator is a sumptuous celebration of David Eggleton' s tenure as the Aotearoa NZ Poet Laureate (2019- 22). In this collection, Eggleton explores how the social changes and upheavals of the past four extraordinary years manifested in Aotearoa NZ, from the impact of living through a pandemic to ecological concerns, technological changes, and shifting viewpoints about identity and global consumerism.