Ah Spring. Season of late frosts, soggy lawns, and poetry. Specifically, the annual Canterbury Poets’ Collective Poetry in Performance readings! Perfectly designed to slot in to your Wednesday evenings from September 26th to November 14th, it’s the longest-running poetry readings series in New Zealand, bringing together a mix of the established, the novice, and the completely …
Competition Report – NPD2018 24-Hour Poem
Well that’s it all done and dusted for Poetry Day. I’ve submitted my reports to the organiser (Hi Harley!), given all the entrants a chance to read the winning poems and to select their choice from a shortlist of ten, and sent the swag off to the lucky (and frighteningly-talented) winners. I know there are …
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Competition Done!
That’s the 24 Hour Poem competition all over and done with. Eighty-six people managed to wrestle the muse into submission in time to send in an entry (including five people during the last couple of minutes and one on the stroke of midnight). So now we just have to print out the entries and choose …
Competition in Progress – the final hour
Inspiration noun, ˌɪn.spɪˈreɪ.ən 1: a divine influence or action on a person believed to qualify him or her to receive and communicate sacred revelation; the action or power of moving the intellect or emotions; the act of influencing or suggesting opinions; 2: the act of drawing in; specifically : the drawing of air into the lungs [from the Latin …
Competition in Progress – sixteen hours in
We’re coming up to the two-thirds mark, and I continue to be astonished at the steady trickle of poems coming in. We have a good couple of dozen to hand now. With some very quirky titles. Obviously judging a poem by its title is no better than judging a book by its cover. But, in both …
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A Dark Feathered Art 