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    Back to nature

    Aug 06, 2023 2 minutes

    AT THE POINT OF SEEING, by Megan Kitching (Otago University Press, $25)

    In her debut collection, Megan Kitching draws on her knowledge of both botany and traditional poetry to tell us about the parts of nature that we often forget: the undervalued plants that do so much to sustain our environment. This is emphasised in the poems and We are never chastiseda vision of rain falling on the suburbs; on the moment the sun rises; or where a moment of sunset and dusk is beautifully captured.

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