The Baker's Thumbprint
by Paula Green

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I think I have the moment in me
that I want to last like the instant the light
catches the hills to make them sharp.
(from 'Sunday Afternoon')

Philosophers, scientists and artists such as Socrates, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Einstein and Jane Austen pop in for lunch, stay for the afternoon, dance at outdoor concerts and generally inhabit the every-day in these playful and thought-provoking poems by much-admired poet Paula Green.

The cover features a new painting by artist Michael Hight.

Read sample poems from The Baker's Thumbprint (PDF 93KB).

About the author

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Paula Green has published seven previous collections, including two for children, and has written several children’s books.

She co-authored 99 Ways into New Zealand Poetry (Random House, 2010) with Harry Ricketts and edited the best-selling anthology Dear Heart: 150 New Zealand Love Poems (Random House, 2012).

She runs Poetry Box, a poetry blog for children, and is currently editing
A Treasury of New Zealand Poetry for Children.


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Title: The Baker's Thumbprint
Author: Paula Green
Category: Poetry
ISBN: 978-0-473-23631-1
Format: Paperback, 210 mm (tall) x 150 mm (wide), 98 pages
RRP:  $25
Publication Date:  May 2013

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Links

NZ Poetry Shelf, Paula Green's NZ poetry blog

Paula Green's page on the New Zealand Book Council site

Poetry Box, Paula Green's poetry blog for children

Paula Green's page on the New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre website

Paula interviewed by Lynn Freeman on Radio New Zealand National

Paula interviewed by Sarah Dunn

Review of The Baker's Thumbprint by Siobhan Harvey

Review of The Baker's Thumbprint by Sarah Jane Barnett