A Poetry Launch: "The Happiness of Rain" by Jan Hutchison

Yesterday evening I had the great pleasure of attending the launch for poet Jan Hutchison's third collection, The Happiness of Rain (Steele Roberts.)

You may recall that I featured Jan's poem Unwinding Matariki's Hair (which is part of this new collection) as my Tuesday Poem on December 6 last year–you can read it again, together with Jan's personal comment on the poem, here.

The Happiness of Rain follows Jan's prior collections, The Long Sleep is Over and Days Among Trees, both also published ...