Spiritual Poems of the Soul
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Dance-Floor Romance
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Plot a lifetime of joy.
Begin with a niece discovering how to dance;
end with a poet weeping happy tears
next to water.
— from ‘On joy’
Unfolding in the strobe-lit landscape of the club, this latest collection from Chris Tse reflects on joy, nostalgia and legacy – and what it means to make a vocation of vulnerability. Words hit the page like light on a mirrorball as Tse takes us from come-up to comedown, between the spotlight and the shadowy corners, penning both sadbangers and straight-up bangers that are generous, alive and shot through with the magnetic urgency of a club classic.
But when the lights come up after the last dance, how do we brace ourselves to face the world outside? Dance-Floor Romance is poetry that seeks answers from the art we turn to in times of uncertainty, that ‘Holds the present as much as it / holds a whisper of the future’, and amplifies it. Someone hand Tse the AUX cord.
- ISBN-13
- 9781776712588
- Publisher
- Auckland University Press
- Imprint
- Auckland University Press
- Publication date
- 10 September 2026
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 112
- Dimensions
- 240 x 162 mm
- Language
- English
