Author(s): Nick Ascroft

New Zealand Poetry

Ascroft writes with astonishing dexterity in a wide range of voices and styles. The starting points of his poems are often absurdities or conundrums of language or poetic form, but underlying the v--rbal fireworks is always a deeply felt engagement with life in New Zealand today. 'Nick Ascroft' is the pseudonym for one of the most gifted young poets to emerge in New Zealand in recent years.