Tony Beyer

Tony Beyer

Tony Beyer was born in Auckland in 1948. He currently lives in New Plymouth. He has had published 11 collections of his poetry in New Zealand and Australia, including Dancing Bear (Melaleuca Press, Australia), The Century (HeadworX) and Electric Yachts (Puriri Press, Auckland). Recently he edited the journal Poetry Aotearoa (Picaro Press, Sydney), a bi-annual selection of contemporary New Zealand poetry for Australian readers.

List of Publications

Poetry

Jesus Hobo (Caveman Press, 1973)
The Meat and Other Poems (Caveman Press, 1976)
Dancing Bear (Melaleuca Press, 1981)
Brute Music (Hard Echo Press, 1984)
The Singing Ground (Caxton Press, 1986)
The Male Voice (Dead Poets Books, 1998)
The Century (HeadworX, 1998)
Weatherboard (Square One Press, 1999)
Human Scale (Sudden Valley Press, 2002)
Electric Yachts (Puriri Press, 2003)
Isthmus (Puriri Press, 2004)
City Limit (ESAW, 2006)
Dream Boat: Selected Poems (HeadworX, 2007)