On Friday I had a poem published on Poetry Shelf for NZ Music Month. It was the first time Paula Green has taken submissions. I wrote the poem over the weekend for the submission and was delighted for it to be selected. Pretty cool to see one of my works alongside people like Harry Rickets,…
Tag: writing
Life: Te Suburbia
Machine Gun Vignettes I His agapanthus were the best in the village. His shining pride and joy. Retired 10 years his days were spent tending the garden. Precision was his game. A ruler was used at sowing. His petunias sparkled. On his berm a row of bright plastic signs prohibited any excretion of excrement or…
Life : My Internal Rings of Berhampore
From my vantage point I can see policemen forming up into lines. They are wearing double breasted trench coats, visored helmets that give them a look not unlike Star Wars Storm Troopers and in their hands, they grasp truncheons like they are holding sub machine guns. They are set against a backdrop of old villas,…
Raise the Dawn 