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Category Archives: Poetry
Changing Minds: Memories Lost and Found
The (deservedly) winning poem was “Harsh Light” by Elizabeth Brooke-Carr, and I was happy to be a finalist in this interesting new competition.
Given Words Poetry Competition 2019
My poem Meniscus is published on the Given Words site
Great South Desert commended
The New Zealand Poetry Society are pleased to announce the results of the 2019 International Poetry Competition. With over 1,400 entries, the four judges were delighted at the amount of talented writing that was entered from around the world. OPEN SECTION Judge: Kiri Piahana-Wong1st Place: ‘Alumni Magazine’ by Margaret Moores from Cockle Bay, Auckland. 2nd…— …
Live poetry in Dunedin
Please join us at Dog With Two Tails cafe at 8pm on 22 May 2019. Readings by feature poets Victor Billot and Richard Reeve, along with MC Ian Loughran.
And if you feel so inclined, please bring one poem of your own (or two very short ones) for our open mic segment!
Poetry at The Savoy
Five poets take to the mic at The Savoy to read some of their latest work: Tayi Tibble (Poūkahangatus), David Eggleton (Edgeland and other poems), Liz Breslin (Alzheimer’s and a Spoon), Michael Harlow (The Moon in a Bowl of Water) and Majella Cullinane (Whisper of a Crow’s Wing). MC Victor Billot promises to keep them all in line. 9–10pm, Thursday 9 May 2019 at the Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival.
New Zealand Poetry Yearbook 2019
I’m happy to have – for the first time – a poem printed in the New Zealand Poetry Yearbook. The 2019 edition is out now from Massey University Press.
Poetry at the Waitati Music Festival 2019
Rumour has it that I’m on at 9pm https://www.odt.co.nz/news/your-news/literary-bent-waitati-music-festival
Facebook sends a memory
A first: finally got something published in Landfall. My poem Facebook sends a memory is in Landfall 236, from November 2018.
The Friday Poem
Pleased to have my poem The Hierarchy appear in this stonking anthology, out now from Luncheon Sausage Books.
Reykjavik!
Very happy to be included in this Reykjavík City of Literature project. A real buzz.
A chance encounter
I entered the Given Words competition again this year, and although not placed, the organizers are kind enough to publish the entries anyway.
Street Talk
New Zealand Books, Winter 2018
Alternative titles for an imaginary airport bookstore
A new poem published in Takahe 92 and available online
The Plastific Ocean
The Plastific Ocean made it over the line for third prize in the Seaweek / World Oceans Day Poetry Competition 2018, organized by the National Aquarium in Napier.
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