Recessional

Recessional is Harvey McQueen’s sixth collection of poetry, following his resurgence in the 1990s with the publication of his new and selected poems Pingandy (1999). "With his sharp and sensitive eye on email, television, and 9/11, as well as the sparrows, tui and lupins in his garden, the poet affirms the significance of private thought, and the verities of love, loss, home, and memory. Recessional confirms Harvey McQueen’s place as a mature New Zealand writer interested in more important things than literary fashion." - Roger Robinson (Co-editor, Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature)