JAMES MCNAUGHTON was
born in Sydney in 1968 but raised and educated in Wellington, graduating
with a Bachelor of Arts in English literature and a masters degree
in creative writing from Victoria University of Wellington. Previously
published in Sport, The Listener and Poetry New Zealand,
he also featured in Spectacular Babies a collection
of the best writing from Victorias 2000 masters course. His
first collection of poetry, The Stepmother Tree, was published
by Darius Press in 2001. Recently he has been living and working in
Japan.
Of Moon Poem,
he says: This was an attempt at a Lavinia Greenlaw-style poem.