Ballad of the Stonegut Sugar Works

This is a poem from James K. Baxter called ‘Ballad of the Stonegut Sugar Works’ about when he worked at the Chelsea sugar refinery in Auckland in 1969. Hone Tuwhare found the job for him, but he was soon fired. The poem is reproduced from the ‘independent socialist’ magazine New Zealand Monthly Review of Dec./Jan. … Continue reading Ballad of the Stonegut Sugar Works