Description: Where the mist goes slowly lifting up the valleys full of listening, where the river cuts along beneath the snow. Cock your head towards the warbler with a sound like running water, you’ll hear the voice of Joe Taihape go.
In the garage, at the bar, to the sound of Ten Guitars, when the party’s gone too far you might just catch ‘mong the boozers slowly boozing and the lovers there amusing, somewhere Joe Taihape slippin’ out the back.
Joe Taihape, Joe Taihape is a tribute to the narrative poem, and to all the joys of rhythm and rhyme that are associated with it. It also introduces us to the adventures of one of New Zealand’s most enigmatic and elusive musicians. If you’ve ever had the pleasure of learning a poem by heart, wondered about things that go bump in the middle of the night, or heard what you thought was the wind moaning along some empty Aotearoa valley, then cock your head and listen out for Joe Taihape. He’s a singer, he’s a songer, he’s a wanderer-a-longer, and any sort a’ sorrow he’s a cure.
Glenn Colquhoun is a GP and poet. He works at a youth health clinic in Horowhenua.
The Ballad of Joe Taihape
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Title: The Ballad of Joe Taihape
Author: Glenn Colquhoun
Iwi: Kotimana
Description: Where the mist goes slowly lifting up the valleys full of listening, where the river cuts along beneath the snow. Cock your head towards the warbler with a sound like running water, you’ll hear the voice of Joe Taihape go.
In the garage, at the bar, to the sound of Ten Guitars, when the party’s gone too far you might just catch ‘mong the boozers slowly boozing and the lovers there amusing, somewhere Joe Taihape slippin’ out the back.
Joe Taihape, Joe Taihape is a tribute to the narrative poem, and to all the joys of rhythm and rhyme that are associated with it. It also introduces us to the adventures of one of New Zealand’s most enigmatic and elusive musicians. If you’ve ever had the pleasure of learning a poem by heart, wondered about things that go bump in the middle of the night, or heard what you thought was the wind moaning along some empty Aotearoa valley, then cock your head and listen out for Joe Taihape. He’s a singer, he’s a songer, he’s a wanderer-a-longer, and any sort a’ sorrow he’s a cure.
Glenn Colquhoun is a GP and poet. He works at a youth health clinic in Horowhenua.
Publisher: Old King Press Ltd. 2026
ISBN: 9 781738 582853
Materials: Soft Cover
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Glenn Colquhoun
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