Tento autor skúma zložitosť identity a kultúrneho miešania prostredníctvom svojej sugestívnej poézie. Jeho verše, ovplyvnené jeho polynézkym a európskym pôvodom a životom na pomedzí Pacifiku, zachytávajú témy cesty, pamäti a hľadania miesta na svete. Eggletonov štýl je známy svojou lyričnosťou a hlbokou rezonanciou, ktorá čitateľov pozýva k zamysleniu sa nad prepojením osobného a univerzálneho.
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.
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.