Four French Horns

Four French Horns is Jenny Powell-Chalmers’ fourth collection of poems following her earlier books Sweet Banana Wax Peppers, Hats and Double Jointed. This new book continues the development of her unique poetic centred around the imaginal world, her family-life and Southern landscapes. Frequently inventive and painterly in their impressions of place, Four French Horns underlines a musical melody in the poet’s pen that is continuing to sound out fresh notes in New Zealand poetry. “This is a spritely book full of clever ideas. Since her debut collection, Sweet Banana Wax Peppers, she has worked with personal and domestic themes and then added something extra. Once again, she gives the reader a collection full of wide-awake poems.” – Otago Daily Times