David Eggleton

Guest writer

David Eggleton is a poet, writer and critic who lives in Dunedin/Ōtepoti. The Wilder Years: Selected Poems was published by Otago University Press in 2021. His most recent collection, 'Respirator: A Laureate Collection 2019 -2022', was published by Otago University Press in 2023.

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The Friday Poem: ‘Mr Explorer Douglas’ by David Eggleton

A new poem by David Eggleton.

By David Eggleton | 30th August, 2024

Photo: Getty Images / Design: Archi Banal

The Friday Poem: ‘Portrait of the Artist’ by David Eggleton

They've thrown the Bauhaus under an electric bus.

By David Eggleton | 9th September, 2022

Image: Tina Tiller

The Friday Poem: A Report on the Ocean, by David Eggleton

A new poem by Poet Laureate David Eggleton.

By David Eggleton | 28th January, 2022

Tony de Lautour Antonia Hates You 2009. Acrylic on linen. Collection of the artist.

Enter Christchurch, Radiant City: Tony de Lautour’s paintings of the scars of home

David Eggleton considers the remarkable radiance and Canterbury swamp fog of Tony De Lautour's paintings in this mid-career survey at Dunedin Public Art Gallery

By David Eggleton | 10th August, 2019

Allen Ginsberg reading his work to a crowd in Washington Square Park. (Photo by Dan Farrell/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

Book of the week: The life of starving hysterical naked Allen Ginsberg

David Eggleton surveys the life and times of the one and only Allen Ginsberg - the manic and delirious poet who dedicated himself to "writing down newspaper headlines from Mars".

By David Eggleton | 16th February, 2017

Poetry for the soul

Ockham national book awards: New verse by poetry finalist David Eggleton

We continue our week-long preview of next week's Ockham national book awards with two new poems by David Eggleton, a finalist in the award for best book of poetry.

By David Eggleton | 6th May, 2016