Two more weeks until the deadline – 10 October 2017! The theme for the November/December 2017 edition of a fine line is ANIMAL. Does this image inspire a poem? NZPS financial members can submit up to four poems (40 lines max). Note: Members receive advance notice of a fine line‘s future themes, so be sure to sign up. […]
Here, where I was born, a fragile darkness consumed the wooded hills and mountain tussocks clung to the edges of a rain-soaked world. Rivers twisted in the landscape’s womb as trees bore down with all their strength. Human shadows traversed the blue-black silence, the unsleeping nights. I followed their footprints and burst into […]
My delicate china lady dressed in white a flouncy dress and decorative hat stands with poise at the foot of my bed you guard my repose you light up the passage The hall doorway closed to idle grown-up play so I do not feel scared when stairs creak with small footsteps apples drop […]
Shane Hollands was elected President of the New Zealand Poetry Society at the AGM in Auckland, on 9 September 2017. Shane will be joined by new Vice-President, Mike Subritzky. Shane Hollands is principally a performance poet. He is well-known for his innovative work with poet centric music of differing genres from jazz to electronica to […]
One more month to go! The theme for the November/December 2017 edition of a fine line is ANIMAL. What does that mean to you? Does this image by Hery Zo Rakotondramanana inspire a poem? The deadline: 10 October 2017 NZPS financial members can submit up to four poems (40 lines max). Note: Members receive advance notice of a […]
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