Iona Winter

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  • An epic poem and audio…

    Last month I was invited to write a creative response to Songs of Rupture by David Green, an incredible exhibition/installation held at Anteroom Project Art Space in Koputai, Port Chalmers.… Read more

  • 2022 NZPS International Poetry Competition

    So, this happened today. I’m feeling absolutely blessed that ‘Heavy-limbed tree after rain’ placed 2nd, and ‘Ara Toi’ was commended, in the 2022 NZ Poetry Society’s International Poetry Competition. Massive… Read more

  • Rejections and openings

    I’ve come to loathe the 17th each month, being the counter of moons that I am these days. 21 months last week since Reuben took his life, and despite meandering… Read more

  • Medical misogyny

    First, do no harm. Isn’t that what medicine dictates? Twelve years ago, I had a TVT-O (transvaginal tape through the obturator region) implanted to assist my bladder, after decades of… Read more

  • Birthing and grieving

    28 years ago I’d already been in labour for a day, then another before my tama ātaahua arrived. In the old days, we both would’ve died in the process. It… Read more

  • Art galleries as inspiration

    Last month I was invited to attend a workshop and respond to the Paemanu: Tauraka Toi – A Landing Place, exhibition at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Visiting art galleries… Read more

  • Liminal States

    Reading and reviewing Kurangaituku ~ by Whiti Hereaka was a privilege. Review is up on Landfall Review Online, for anyone who’d like a read…and then take yourselves off to the… Read more

  • Pacifist

    My annual ANZAC Day toikupu ~ remembering the ancestors, since time began, who fought and died in wars. With Reuben gone, to a different kind of war, I have a… Read more

  • Rage and Earth Bones

    I’ve been reflecting on my rage, its potency, and the things it contains. And I’ve realised that I’m exhausted from hiding invisible pain, in the forms of grief, disability, and… Read more

  • Poetry Shelf video readings: Iona Winter — NZ Poetry Shelf

    Last week I ventured back into the realm of video readings, because people have said that they’re helpful (for a variety of reasons). Kia rawa atu koe Paula Green, at… Read more