Tag: poetry
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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 NZ Poetry Shelf. Thank you so much for inviting me to read some recently published work, and for giving me…
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A Recital of Poems – Diane Brown, Robert Beveridge, Pris Campbell, Iona Winter & Vaughan Rapatahana — Love in the Time of COVID
A Recital of Poems – Diane Brown, Robert Beveridge, Pris Campbell, Iona Winter & Vaughan Rapatahana — Love in the Time of COVID Today, a new toikupu Book of the dead has been published with Love in the Time of COVID. The poem references Reuben’s Totems album Bardo Thodol (2013)…
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Absence and reconnection
Absence is something we all walk with, as a part of life, and in numerous ways. Yet I’ve come to realise, that it absolutely does not ‘make the heart grow fonder’. I love Reuben as unconditionally as I did before he died. Nothing will alter that. But this experience has…
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Milestones
2022 blessings to you and your whānau WordPress peeps. Wishing you peace, as we traverse this ever-changing landscape which has become our world. 2022 has seen me complete my latest manuscript, and it’s gone off for some expert eyes to take a fresh look. This collection, started after Reuben’s death,…
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In conversation
A couple of weeks ago Sasha LaPointe, Rena Priest and I premiered on YouTube, in conversation, and via the Seattle and Dunedin Cities of Literature. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbdD4ImRC_s As Indigenous writers we had a beautiful kōrero that wove around similar experiences and themes, and also shared some of our work. Massive thanks…
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Indigenous Poetry & Perspectives
It was an honour to be part of this discussion with wonderful poets Rena Priest and Sasha LaPointe, and our Cities of Literature Seattle and Ōtepoti Dunedin recently. The event has been pre-recorded and captioned by the Seattle City of Literature, and celebrates Dunedin City of Literature’s 7th anniversary. Indigenous…
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Video No.1 ~ Intuit
After much deliberation, and following a plethora of feedback over the years, this full moon brings my first video reading. Intuit (then the wind came, Steele Roberts 2018). You can watch the video via: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/IonaWinter11/videos/601341290420071/ Twitter https://twitter.com/waitahaiona1/status/1237138844895436801 Kā mihi nui, Iona x
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SHE
In December I was invited to spray paint (aka tag) my poem SHE on the fence of The Anteroom Gallery in Port Chalmers. I’m all about getting my work out there in a variety of formats, and as a first time tagger, let’s say the process was incredible (and the…
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