I am the artistic director of a collaborative project called Baxter, where I invited 12 New Zealand composers - all recording artists with one or more CDs in their own right - to pick a poem by James K Baxter and set it to their music. In essence, the composers were in collaboration with the dead poet. The project had the blessing, care and permission of his estate. Once written, the tracks were recorded as a CD, performed in concerts during the NZ Festival 2000, one track was turned into a music video, and other performances are being planned.