Tag: poetry
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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
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Don’t wake me up, I’m trying to find you
Heartfelt thanks to Matt Potter at Pure Slush for publishing Don’t wake me up, I’m trying to find you, in Death Lifespan Vol. 12. https://pureslush.com/store/anthologies-themed/death-lifespan-vol-12/
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Mid-year update
For those who’ve followed me on social media, you may (or may not) have noticed my absence. After much deliberation; due to the onslaught of AI driven technology and the concerns it raises for creatives worldwide, I decided to leave Meta platforms. While many of us creatives have been told,…
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Audio and Review
Yesterday, Paula Green at NZ Poetry Shelf, posted a deeply moving review about In the shape of his hand lay a river. My gratitude to Paula for the review, and also for asking me to read three poems from the collection, that you can listen to via the link below.…
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in the hushed silence…
In the hushed silence since the book launch, I imagine many things… Perhaps In the shape of his hand lay a river merely serves as a reminder, of the deep and lasting grief that accompanies the suicide of a loved one. Or perhaps the rawness contained within serves as a…
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Book launched
Massive aroha to everyone who joined us yesterday, for the online launch of In the shape of his hand lay a river. Thank you to Michelle Elvy, Vaughan Rapatahana and Rushi Vyas for your support with the launch, for sharing your thoughts on grief, and for reading some of the…
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In the shape of his hand lay a river
In the shape of his hand lay a river is Iona Winter’s fourth book, and part of a body of work written after her son, prolific musician, Reuben Winter took his life. Here, through a poetic lens, she asks unanswerable questions, embodying a multiplicity of emotions, and we are called to…
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