I'm beginning to worry that I have lost the ability to just write a poem. Yesterday I was supposed to be working on a poem that I've had in my "working on it" file since 2009. It's a nice piece, and is going in interesting directions. Reading Lynn Davidson's Common Land (I’m reviewing it for Takahē) …
Rattler? I’ll take the snakes.
Just as my browser refreshed to tell me that I had successfully published my post about Full House, my house started shaking. Magnitude 5.2, in Pegasus Bay, just off New Brighton. I managed to get my chair pushed back and was ready to dive under the desk if things built any more, which is several …
Full House for the Dead Poets winter workshop
Hooray, all the places on the winter Reading for Writing class have been filled! (And yes, I just like repeating the phrase.)
Last Call for Winter workshop 2012 – Dead Poets
Woohoo! With just under two weeks before we kick off, I am happy to report that there is only one place left on the winter edition of Reading for Writing: And since there is only one place left, if it doesn't get nabbed by a full-time participant, I'm making it available in five single-session offerings …
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Book Launch alert – Dear Heart: 150 New Zealand Love Poems
Hooray, it’s time for another book launch! This time it’s the Christchurch launch of Dear Heart: 150 New Zealand Love Poems, which I blogged about back in September. Yes, I am one one-hundred-and-fiftieth of the book that has been the number one bestseller in the New Zealand Fiction lists for the past few weeks. Hooray …
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A Dark Feathered Art 