James Baxter is a New Zealand-born poet and playwright responsible for some of the countries best - and most famous - poems and plays. Among his many famous works is the poem "The Bad Young Man," which tells the simple yet profound story of a couple in love. The trouble is, it remains unclear if the couple really love each other, or if their relationship is built on lust alone - and not the other things that a relationship should be built on so that it can thrive. Like most relationships, the couple featured in the book have issues - they fight, argue, and have struggles. They also have good times. They clearly are attracted to each other. But is there more to their relationship than that?
Baxter is perhaps best known for his "Jacobean consonantal rhetoric" as another author put it. Baxter was inspired by the works of authors like Dylan Thomas, Yeats, and Lowell. His work was also inspired by his alcoholism, which he struggled with for much of his life.
