Category: poetry
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Earth Heart (poem & audio)
This weekend, I worked on a few new things, revising the plethora of work-in-progress; like scouring the bones of a building after a fire. It was a surprise that the words for ‘Earth Heart’ came to me like a download – I love it when that happens. ‘Earth Heart’ reminds…
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A Counter of Moons interview and a new poem
Heartfelt thanks to Robin Barratt at Poetry for Mental Health (UK) https://www.poetryformentalhealth.org/interview-with-iona-winter In this interview I speak about mental health and my journey with it, including the body of work I’ve done since Reuben took his life. Alongside this, Robin has also published a new poem The sound of raupō…
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Tarot Poetry Journal – new poems and audio
It’s been a while since my last post, May is a write-off, being the month of Mother’s Day and another birthing day for a no longer living child. I seem to become more of a hermit each year at this time, the build up often being worse than ‘the dates’.…
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Poipoia te Kākano
In February, I was invited to respond to a mixed media exhibition Poipoia te Kākano at the Forrester Gallery in Oamaru, Otago https://www.culturewaitaki.org.nz/Whats-On/Poipoia-te-Kakano Poipoia te Kākano showcases work from Kāi Tahu artists Caitlin Rose Donnelly, Allison Beck, Kate Stevens West, Jess Nicholson, Megan Brady, and Emma Kitson. At the exhibition…
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Book Review
“In the shape of his hand lay a river is an essential work of poetry for the mournful and benevolent alike.” Siobhan Harvey I’m delighted to share a new review of In the shape of his hand lay a river, by Siobhan Harvey via Landfall Review Online. Siobhan is a poet,…
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Australian Poetry Journal
Back in April, I had the privilege of performing alongside a powerful line up of Indigenous poets, including Ellen van Neerven, at the 2024 Newcastle Writers Festival. Ellen got in touch with me afterwards and commissioned a poem for APJ 13.2, which they were curating as Guest Editor on the…
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National Poetry Day
Last month I was invited back to Ōtepoti Dunedin, to participate in National Poetry Day, and to celebrate 10 years since Dunedin was made a UNESCO City of Literature. It was a packed-full event, with two hours of poetry readings from Dunedin writers (past and present), interspersed with collaborative music…
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Motherwort
Huge thanks to Underbelly Press (UK) for publishing a new poem Motherwort this week, in their inaugural Issue One! I doubt that I’ll ever stop writing about the absence of my son, and exploring the margins between the realms we inhabit. Grief accompanies love x https://underbellypress.wixsite.com/home/issue-one
Iona Winter 