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Wild Line

A fragment from the poem ‘Ross Creek’ by Emma Neale. Full poem and more Wild Lines poetry available at http://wildlinesdunedin.wordpress.com/ Such a pity that some lines have been stolen from this simple, beautiful, hand-hewn kinetic sculpture. It’s a fringe festival … Continue reading →

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‘Doctor X and I discuss chest pain’ — Poems in the Waiting Room

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

I’ve just finished judging the Poems in the Waiting Room competition for 2013. (See http://waitingroompoems.wordpress.com/) Any literary competition sets a number of constraints: the pre-eminent one here is the intended destination of the winning poems, which will appear in leaflets … Continue reading →

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The Next Big Thing

Posted on February 7, 2013 by

I’ve been tagged by the intriguing and hard-working US poet-academic Lesley Wheeler, for what she calls a “weird self-interview blog-meme thing”. It’s proven to be a good way to revise my ideas about a project while it’s actually on hold, … Continue reading →

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A Piece of Silliness: the Blonde Robot

Posted on August 17, 2012 by

A goofy, stubborn part of me thinks that continuing to write in the lyric tradition – while also flirting with experimentation – could be seen as a form of resistance or protest; a way of sticking up for the rights … Continue reading →

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The Truth Garden

Posted on August 17, 2012 by
The Truth Garden

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Gorse is Not People by Janet Frame — Launch Speech

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

This is a slightly fuller version of the launch speech I gave on 15 August 2012 at the University Bookshop, Dunedin. The additional elements here are a marginally fuller commentary on the title story, and some thoughts on ‘The Big … Continue reading →

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Perigee

Posted on May 4, 2012 by

Lately I’ve been thinking about both the professional satisfaction and personal comfort that come from re-drafting. A great sense of security arises from working over and over the phrasing of a line, from reaching and reaching for the most sonorous … Continue reading →

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Journalese

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

The Burns Fellowship has turned up some unexpected requests lately. One was from a woman I’d never met who wanted advice on how to read an ee cummings poem at her brother’s wedding: the request was passed on to me … Continue reading →

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[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in] by E. E. Cummings : The Poetry Foundation

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in] by E. E. Cummings : The Poetry Foundation.

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Thank-tatic, grate-elated, a-whelmed!

Parenthood, house-selling, trying to write shapely poems and a poem-sequence (or is it a novel, or is it a cross-breed, a povel, a book of noetry?) and another novel (or is it a poor failed misconception that will never reach … Continue reading →

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