Podcasts

Writing and the moon—a growing poem

February 16, 2022

How many poems are there are about the moon? about writers looking at the moon?

Drawing of a flower with 10 strong petals, one on the ground, one about to fall

Small poem: the family flower

May 10, 2020

Count the petals of the family flower—one, two, three, fewer, more.

Matsuo Basho the haiku hero meets two farmers by moonlight

Fruits of a “love haiku” workshop

February 14, 2019

At the Palmerston North City Library today we had a very satisfying workshop on writing love haiku. A small group committed to working on this strange task for two light-hearted hours. They read, they wrote,

Poems hiding in the woods and under the bed

December 20, 2016

Hey, I write poems, you know. (Maybe you write poems too.) Somewhere a poet is cleaning a bathroom. Somewhere a cleaner is writing a poem. If you like this blog for any reason at all, you may well enjoy the poems on my other blog, Poems in the wild. I adore having this outlet for poems […]