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Tag: Canterbury earthquakes

Posted on 22 February 202122 February 2021

A poem for the 10th anniversary

The city and the city  I lost two cities, lovely ones …                                        – Elizabeth Bishop The city I love, the city has fallen,brought to its knees amid wreckage and mud.Across the four avenues sirens are calling. …

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Posted on 14 November 2016

An absolutely uneventful night in Canterbury

I knew the world was going to end after Trump won the election, but I didn’t realise that the planet also felt that way. Jokes aside, we’re ok here – shaken, hyper-vigilent, seriously sleep-deprived, but intact. But I have to confess I did spend a bit of time whimpering. The big one just seemed to …

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Posted on 9 March 20169 March 2016

Report on the Launch of Leaving the Red Zone

For those of you who didn’t make it, oh wow, you missed an incredible night. For starters, it was absolutely packed. Martin and Lisa (who own the joint) reckon we had over 200 people, and the waiting staff were working like mad things ferrying pizza and pints and beakers … incredible. I kept meaning to take some …

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Posted on 22 February 201622 February 2016

The Ministry of Sorrow

Build it of stone, of brick, of twisted metal. Build it of shattering masonry. Build it of glass. Build it of cards of condolence. Build it of tears. Build it of lives, of lies, of lying alone with the stone of absence filling your belly. Build it of stars. Build it of asphalt. Build it …

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Posted on 2 December 2015

Earthquake anthology update

Just a very quick post to update you on the progress with selections for the Earthquake anthology – we had said we’d let people know our initial selections by the end of November, but we’re running late. Mostly my fault – my other half went on a business trip to the US, and brought me back a …

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Upcoming Workshops

Dunedin Poetry Workshop
Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 November, 2022
11:00am–2:00pm
Cost: $50

supported by Otago University Press

Jump-start the Muse
Saturday 3, 10 & 17 December 2022
10 am to 1 pm
South Library
Christchurch
Cost: $45

repeated online via Zoom
Sunday 4, 11 & 18, 2022
10 am to 1 pm
Cost: $45

supported by Christchurch City Council Creative Communities Fund

See Current Classes page for details!

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