POEMS4PEACE – poetry submission opens Monday 24th March!
WAVEFORMING
Weaving landscapes of sound that expand and shift across the fabric of time & space – “WAVEFORMING“ brings you a musical collage of colourful compositions
Vivienne Plumb
Vivienne Plumb is a writer of Australian and New Zealand heritage, based in Wellington, she writes poetry, fiction and drama. She has been the recipient of many awards including the Bruce Mason Playwrighting Award, the Hubert Church Award (for fiction), first place in the N.Z. Poetry Society international competition, and…
Sophie Procter
I have been writing and making up stories since as far back as I can remember. I work full time as a barista and bar manager at a cafe on Karangahape Rd, although really it’s more of an institution. There I observe the wonderful cast of Krd characters and…
Luz Saviñón
Luz is a Mexican born documentary filmmaker interested in themes of social justice and politics. She has made Aotearoa New Zealand her permanent home and works in the local film and tv industry. Her poetry has been published in “We Society” Poetry Anthology 2015.
Tulia Gonzalez-Flores
I am Tulia Gonzalez, 28 years old. I am a nurse specialized in medical research and public health. I’ve lived in the United States, Europe, and currently in New Zealand. I arrived in this country sailing a small yacht (31ft) from the cost of Mexico trough the pacific islands and finally…
Zackhie Bara-Comolli
Writing is not my paid profession, but a pastime I very much enjoy. I primarily write songs, stories and poetry, including scriptwriting, also contributing researched and written material to a published writer. Singing, playing music and art are some other activities I pursue. In future, my creative goals are to turn my…
Sarah Penwarden
I was born in Taranaki and currently live in Auckland. I worked as a counsellor for ten years and I am now a counsellor educator. I have had poems published in Poetry New Zealand, Meniscus (AUS), poems and short stories published in Takahe magazine, and a short story broadcast…
Jon Little
A Tennessee native with a background in hip hop, anthropology and creative writing, I currently live in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. When not working for the rather Orwellian named Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, I write poetry. With my musical background, I consider each poem as a work to…
Luke Sole
Luke is a 28-year-old Christchurch-based freelance writer and musician with an interest in New Zealand’s political landscape and countercultures. In his spare time he enjoys cycling, tramping and woodworking. Luke has a Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honours in Political Science from Canterbury University. He is currently working on a…
Bradley Nielsen
Originally from Rotorua, Bradley currently lives in Berlin and is studying towards an MA at Freie Universität. His poetry has been published in “We Society” Poetry Anthology 2015.
Lea Ruth Fernandez
29 years old going on 60. Single. Female. A nondescript brown Asian. Sprinkled with a weird sense of humor. Shows characteristics of Brachydactyly Type A2 with congenitally malformed fingers and a small body frame. Nicked “LeaFruit” by friends, she is an asocial freak-of-nature with love for landscapes and quality-alone-time. She…
Madison O’Dwyer
Madison is nineteen, and has lived in almost all corners of Auckland. She works in dentistry by day, but moonlights as a writer and visual artist. She is a keen observer of people, with a penchant for stepping into other people’s shoes and taking a walk. Her poetry has been…
Janean Cherkun
Janean grew up in South Auckland. She married and had her two children in Canterbury, after which the whole family landed in Dunedin five years ago. Janean was named Runner Up in the TravCom: New Travel Writer of the Year category in 2014. She is a frequent attendee at Creative…
Anastasia Cook
I am twenty one years of age and Australian born. I’ve lived in Perth for most of my life but have recently moved to wellington to live with my father who was born here. I first began writing poetry as a young teenager and have become more passionate about…
Peter Le Baige
I returned to Aotearoa in 2012 after an absence of over 20 years and am living an hour’s walk from my childhood home. Our family lived 5 minutes’ walk from the sea, as my Dad was fond of saying. The water, the tides, the light on water are still…
Wes Lee
Wes is a Wellingtonian poet. Her chapbook of short stories Cowboy Genes was published by Grist Books at the University of Huddersfield and launched at the Huddersfield Literature Festival in March 2014. She was the 2010 recipient of The BNZ Katherine Mansfield Literary Award. Most recently she was selected as…
Jane Williams
Jane is an Australian poet and writer. She has been published widely since the early 1990s. Passionate about travel, she has read her poems at venues in Ireland, England, Canada, Malaysia, Czech Republic and the US. Her most recent book is Days Like These – new and selected poems.…
Beverly Martens
After a successful career in PR and marketing communications, Beverly Martens is now concentrating on her own creative writing. To this end, she moved from Wellington to Dunedin in 2006 to enroll in Diane Brown’s writing courses and writes short stories and poems between grappling with her first novel. Beverly…
Dorothy Howie
I am a researcher on the teaching of thinking in the School of Psychology, at the University of Auckland. I have been publishing poetry over the last 7 years, with poems appearing in a number of New Zealand journals, including Poetry New Zealand. My first book of poetry, called…
Geum Hye Kim
Geum is a cross-over from Korea in New Zealand. She is a student of creative writing, who is currently exploring translinguistic understanding of a single historical moment. Her works has appeared in Takahe and Brief. Her poetry has also been published in “We Society” Poetry Anthology 2015.
Jeni Curtis
Jeni is a teacher and writer from Christchurch, New Zealand. She has a keen interest in Victorian literature and history. She is a member of the Christchurch branch of the International Dickens Fellowship, and editor of their magazine, Dickens Down Under. She has published poems, short prose pieces and short…
Janet Newman
Janet lives in Koputaroa in Horowhenua and is a Master of Creative Writing student at Massey University. Her poems have been published in a fine line, bravado, brief, Poetry NZ, snorkel, takahe and New Zealand Poetry Society anthologies. Her essay “Listening Harder: Reticulating Poetic Tradition in Michele Leggott’s ‘Blue Irises’” is…
E Wen Wong
My name is E Wen Wong and I am a twelve year old student of Cobham Intermediate in Christchurch. I am very passionate about writing, in particular poetry. I like writing to let my thoughts scrawl across the paper and I think that what you write should reflect what you think or believe.…
Tracey Peterson
I am a student of the the Hagley Writers’ Institute, passionate about poetry having read, written and performed it from a young age and in my adult years taught it to children aged from 5 to 16 years. I am a graduate of Canterbury University having studied English, Linguistics and Education, and am currently working on what…
Page 2 Stage Final Night
It has been an exciting year and a magical final night for Page2Stage 2014 some photos can be seen here The judges panel had a very hard job selecting the best performance and … the winner is : Hannah Rose Owen-Wright, a multitalented Kiwi artist that has won a trip…
National Poetry Day in Picton
Dear Gus I was thrilled to receive my copies of Poems4Peace last week. They arrived just in time for National Poetry Day so I could read my poem “Deserted House” from the book itself rather than a piece of A4 paper. I showed the anthology to members of Picton Poets and they all agreed it…
Thank you … from UK
Hi Gus, just to let you know the books arrived in the UK yesterday, I especially love the cover! Thanks for the chance to participate in such a special project. I’m giving one of the books to my friend who inspired ‘Rasp’. Best wishes Margaret Vos
Pop Up Poets 2014
Many thanks for organising everything- I am honoured to be a part of such a diverse group of people who love poetry! Sesilia
Warm wishes, prayers and support …
Dear Gus, So kind of you and proud to be the part of Printable Reality and with Poems4Peace Project 2014. It was a wonderful journey and ofcourse YES We might have not achieved THE world peace just yet,, But GENUINE EFFORTS SPEAKS.. Its KARMA as per the mythology.. Obliged and…
Poems4Peace live event
Thank you for organising such an enjoyable event, Gus. All your hard work was much appreciated. Kind regards Beverley Teague
Book Launch at Auckland Museum
Hello Gus/Printable Reality team It was a really great launch yesterday and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Congratulations to you and others for you excellent organisation. Peter Brown
Poems4Peace 2014 Book Launch
And thank you Gus for all that you and the terrific Printable Reality team around you are doing for poetry, sustainability, and peace. You are truly an inspiration and I am very honoured to have been part of yesterday’s event. Me rongo Denise Davis
“Generation 0” Conference
Hi Gus / Printable Reality Just wanted to thank you hugely for joining us at the ClimateVote summit in Auckland weekend before last to share your beautiful poetry with everyone. Everyone in the Generation Zero team and who attended really loved your energy and your contribution was massively appreciated =D…
Jennifer Ayoub
Jennifer Ayoub is a poet from the Philadelphia area whose parents are Palestinian Christian. She has written a few reflections and personal essays on the subject of the meaning of peace for Palestinians and Israelis in a small national cultural heritage magazine called “Hathihe Ramallah.” She has also done work…
Suman Nath
I am doing my Masters in Electrical Engineering in the UK. My hobbies are travelling, numismatics, watching movies, listening music and quite a few more. I wrote this poem in the year 2009 during my Bachelors’ days. Hope I win this competition.
Anna
I am 12 years old. I go to Selwyn House school in Christchurch. I love music. I also like writing poems.
Mitchell Radcliffe
My name is Mitchell Radcliffe and I am fourteen years old. I go to school at St Andrew’s College in Christchurch and am currently a year 9. I love playing sport and I am just starting to enjoy writing with my english teacher being a real inspiration to me.
Debbie Williams
I have been writing poems for a number of years, and mainly enjoy humorous verse. This started when the new intake of Doctors did their time in Obstetrics. Six weeks in this environment led to many funny poems which they and the staff enjoyed. I have won a few competitions…
Jai Bartlett
My name is Jai Bartlett. I am 8 years old and live in Christchurch with my parents, my sister and baby brother. I love to write and illustrate. I would like the world to be a place of peace.
Simi Desor
My name is Simi Desor. I come by way of both India and Canada, and have lived in Christchurch for 17 years. I live with my kiwi husband and our children. I am part of the Hagely Writer’s Institute and I also work as an independent registered psychologist. I have…
Anila
I am born and brought up in India, moved to Wellington few years ago and I am so seriously in love with this place, people nature scenics and what not! I am a passionate dreamer!!
Kayleigh Jepson
My name is Kayleigh and I think poetry is pretty damn awesome. I write to express and to be able to replay the feelings I have experienced for myself and others. I do this to not only from my own point of view but also from I what I feel…
Wayne Reid
For a decade I worked with exotic animals. It was then I learned about silence, patience, the need for acceptance. I learned about life and death in ways that are only now, many decades later being a part of who I am, who we all are. I have travelled and…
Sophie Dixon
Poet Sophie Dixon is a Year Nine student at St Cuthberts College in Auckland. She enjoys listening to music, playing sport and reading and writing.
Nathan Joe
Nathan is a Christchurch-born aspiring playwright and amateur poet. His passion for the written word has been rapidly growing since moving up to Auckland and graduating from the New Zealand Broadcasting School.
Karen Rees
Karen Rees was born in Wales and has resided in Aotearoa since 2000. She is an artist and writer, recycling words and discarded stories, frantically digging to find beauty and truth in everyday lies. Her poetry has been described as “full of existential angst”…
Jack Wood
Jack Wood (Ngai Tahu; Ngati Aparima / Ngati Moe) is an adult educationalist and international development consultant. He also operates a number of charities that work with the development of the rural poor and indigenous rights. Jack (Haki) is mainly published in Asia.
Elizabeth Ashby
Elizabeth is Positionality, intertwined biology, fall back on art, painted hand, brush strokes on face, caress She is Imagined ideologically, limited selfy except in costume, mask face, academic modeled boredom She is Bad track record, late hand-ins, performing poetry instead of writing essay tomorrow due. She is otherwise occupied with…
Arianna Sikorski
Arianna Sikorski is a Los Angeles poet and artist, originally born and raised in Alaska. She has a B.A. in Communication from the University of Southern California and is working to publish a compilation of her poetry entitled Brave the Awkward as a selected participant of the Community Literature Initiative…
Naomi Martin
Naomi is a poet and an IT engineer with a wild idea to change career and dedicate her life to the pursuit of creativity. She lives in Perth WA.
Rebecca Ronald
I’m a Mum, a teacher, a gardener and a reader, living in Avondale in Auckland, and striving for a better world. But not striving very hard, because bossing teenagers around for a living kind of saps the energy, you know? I’m not a poet, just someone who likes to scribble.…
Charlotte Cotton
I am a nine year old student in year 5 at Waimairi School in Christchurch.
Bianca Marshall
I am a nine year old, year 5 student at Waimairi School in Christchurch
Cameron Hewitt
I am a 10 year old student in year 6 at Waimairi School in Christchurch.
Karsia Mora
9 years old poet student at Waimairi School.
Jayme Lewington Lovell
Jayne lewington lovell was born in England and moved to New Zealand in 1972. Her journey took fifteen months as the family travelled overland starting from London, through Europe and passing through countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Turkey and India, including a three month stay in Australia. Nowadays she works…
Ella Duncan
Ella Intensely passionate, and grumpy. From a beautiful whanau. For her mother Lynda, sister Kia Maia, and grandmother Margy. Who loves and appreciates human rights, equality, and artmaking. Who fears hatred from the people she loves, apathy from those she doesn’t, and becoming a monster without realising it. Who is…
Katie Horton
6 years old poet from New Zaland. The Moon Turned to Ice The moon turned to Ice And it hummed a gentle Song. It let out Oxygen, into the nature.
Grace
Coming from Baku, Azerbaijan I have always loved writing; they take extreme likeness to literature. I’ve been writing since the age of 8, beginning my experience in poetry/stories through song-writing. Moreover, I enjoy dancing, painting, photography, music as well as snowboarding, football and other various sports.
Paige Bowman
Hi my name is Paige Bowman and I am ten years old. I participate in a number of activities including gymnastics, swimming, art and tennis. I am also on my school council. I am in year six at Paparoa Street School and I have recently taken an interest in writing.…
Andrew Nicholls
Andrew blissfully lives in Forrest Hill with a wife,a daughter and a cat. He only started writing poetry recently after attending one of Dietrich John Soakai’s crash courses in poetry. He works for a tiling company and believes the opposite of poverty is sharing. So far his only contributions to…
Molly Reid
Name: Molly Reid Age: 10 School: Waimairi Hobbies/Intrests: Singing, kapa Haka, Music, School, Poetry Writing, Drama, Netball. For my friendships poem I was inspired because they would always support me when I needed help. I knew that my friends they were willing to help me. I also was inspired with…
Pallavi Banerjee
I am at present pursuing my bachelor’s degree in English Literature.Literature is the love of my life. I have been inspired by the great poets to try my hand at poetry.Many of my poems and articles have been published in my school journal as well as in my college journal.I…
Ana R
Ana R. (1981) An artist at heart wording languages, performing aural realities, soulfully embodying contemplative states, acting out of emergence, making sense and journeying into the mazing depths of nature to leap mindfully in between and beyond fields of conscious thoughts. Her songs and poems were published in Portugal, Spain,…
Amy Chan
Captivated by verse, words and the stories that these create, I am a young exploratory writer – seeking to experiment with different mediums, styles and topics. I believe we are only people through people; and words are the beginning to being able to reach out and fill those degrees of…
Vaughan Rapatahana
Rapatahana (Te Atiawa, Ngati Te Whiti) is published widely internationally across a raft of genre. He lives with his family in Tin Shui Wai, Hong Kong, with homes also in Aotearoa-New Zealand and in Pampanga, Philippines. Kia ora mo tenei kowhiringa (Thank you for this opportunity.) Tin Shui Wai Hong…
Kerry Dalton
Kerry Dalton is a graduate of Victoria University (BA Hons in History and English Literature)and of the Whitireia Writing Programme. She has had short fiction published in ‘100 NZ short short stories’ and ‘A Magpie stole my heart’. She lives in the sea side village of Paekakariki on the Kapiti…
Kerrin P. Sharpe
Kerrin P. Sharpe is a teacher of creative writing. Her first anthology “three days in a wishing well” was published in 2012 by VUP. Her second anthology “there’s a medical name for this” will be published by VUP in August 2014. She was also an oxford poet 2013 (Carcanet UK). Her…
Carolyn M. Horton
56 years of age and born and bred in Southland on a farm.
Georgina Scott
Hi my name is georgina, I am 11 Years old and go to Selwyn House School. I love Performing Arts 🙂 I have been in my school spelling bee quiz twice. I have received the schools Performing arts Scholarship, I have been awarded The International Baccalaureate cup in year 4.…
Angela Brett
Angela teaches math to teenagers in Christchurch, New Zealand, after growing up in the Northeastern United States. She looks forward to one day feeling old enough to own a cat.
Vivien Lei
Vivien Lei has been a poet first and foremost for most of her life. She loves words. The first poem she ever wrote, at age 12, placed first for her age category in the Auckland-wide Montana Poetry Day competition that year. Celebrated New Zealand writer Iain Sharp has described Vivien…
Kendra Van de Geest
I’m a 17 year old girl, who’s words get the better of her. I’m passionate about this world, and saving what we have left, through words its been destroyed and i believe through words it can be restored. i attend Waimea College in Richmond, Nelson, NZ and am currently the…
Ayreton Macdonald
I am a year 9 student at St Andrews College in Christchurch and I enjoy creative writing and television and film. In my spare time i like going to the movies and playing Badminton.
Henrietta Osborne
Age:10 School: Waimairi Hobbies/interests: Dancing,Cooking,Poetry writing,drama, reading and netball feijoa I was inspired by the memory’s of happy times with my family and friends being outdoors. I was also inspired by James k Baxter here is some advice the inspiration for my second poem was talking to my mum about…
Elsbeth Hill
I am a printmaker and storyteller I explore identity exposing and celebrating the extra in the ordinary. Contemporary printmakers are innovative and inventive, embracing new media and trans disciplinary practice. Without this verve the extinction of printmaking is inevitable, this is the matrix and tradition I am building my work…
David Chang
My name is David. I am 13. I am from Christchurch, New Zealand and I like to play video games.
Mark A. Murphy
Murphy’s poems have been published in over 100 magazines and ezines in 17 different countries world wide. He is currently working on a new play, Lenny’s Wake for which he is looking for a publisher and stage production
Rajnandini Roychoudhury
Student of English Honours at Women’s Christian College. A short story published in the college magazine, presented a paper on the topic ‘Admixture of Revolutionary Idealism and Optimism in Shelley’s ‘Prometheus Unbound”‘ at Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College. The poem has been penned down by me in order to bring…
William Sidnam
I am a student at the University of Auckland who is pursuing his honours degree in European Studies. Having recently graduated with a degree in Marketing and Italian, I would love to work full-time with words. After a period of time spent in Europe, I can now speak French and…
Maya Field
As a writer, one of the best things to write is poetry. There are so many types of poetry, happy, sad, meaningful, mysterious, etc . I am an eleven year old girl and I live in Christchurch, New Zealand. I like to do karate and read in my spare time.…
Jack Prebble
Je m’apelle Jaque. I am a 9 year old poet , lucky enough to recently visit France and England! For a Christchurch/kiwi born kid it was very exciting! My favourite things about Paris were the Metro, and the busyness of a big City. My writing teacher at school suggested I…
Artemezia Kabinovsky
Somewhere between Mrs. Katz’ 7th grade class assignment to write a haiku and Mrs. Stonefield’s 8th grade introduction to English Literature, I fell in love with distilled language, and I’m still trying to make Moonshine. — Born in Hollywood, California. Studied in the US and UK. Writer and visual artist…
Ruby Wilson
My name is Ruby and I am eleven years old. I go to Waimairi School in Christchurch. I love writing poetry and putting it on my blog Industrial Arts of The Mind. I also like cooking, science, dancing and I.T. I like writing poetry because I find that I can…
Luke Otley
I live in a van, it’s a real struggle. I came to New Zealand ten months ago (from England) with hopes, dreams, and a naive outlook that was promptly dashed on the rocks before I was even ashore. I also graduated with a degree in English last year, but what…
Jenny Clay
Jenny Clay works in a library and retreats to write in the Waitakere bush. Her poems have been published in Takahe, New Zealand Poetry Sociaty anthologies, LiveLines, Poetry New Zealand 47, in a book of poetry for shildren, Poetry Pudding, and on the ezines Blackmail press, Fib Review, Southern Ocean…
John Kaniecki
I write poetry for the enjoyment of the art. I believe that a poet must first establish that they can write in rhyme and rhythm and only then move to the more advanced free verse. I have been published by Struggle Magazine, The Blue Collar Review, Burning Books, Jerry Jazz,…
Nehemiah Isamotu
My name is Nehemiah Isamotu. I’m a 24 year old man from a developing country in West Africa known as Nigeria. A host of words could describe me – writer, pertinacious, perspicacious, compassionate, but at my very core I’m a passionate Youth learning and living life to the fullest while…
Annabel Hurton
I love expression, and poetry gives me the opportunity to be myself. Through my school’s creative writing group I have a safe environment in which to explore my passion. I am part of my school’s Philosophy Society, dealing with moral, and ethical issues of our time. Through the exploration of…
Gail Ingram
Gail Ingram writes poetry and short stories, which have appeared in Takahe, Fineline, NZ Poetry, Cordite Poetry Review and Flash Frontier among others. She has been placed in various competitions including Takahe Short Story and BNZ Literary Awards Flash Fiction competition. Every now and then she attempts a novel. Themes…
Ben Oxley
I live in Christchurch and go to St Andrews Collage. i like dogs and have two of them.
Madhumitha Murali
I am Madhumitha Murali, an MBA Finance graduate, and hobby around writing poems and essays. My writing strengths are Creative writing and Business – Finance research writing.
Lucy Murray
My name is Lucy Murray and I was born on the 31st of October 2003 (Halloween), in. Christchurch, New Zealand. I live in Christchurch with my mum and dad and big sister Kate and black Labrador “Pip” I like playing sports. In summer I play cricket for school and St…
Meike van Roij
I am a 13 year old girl who lives in New Zealand an loves to write!
Alex Wilson
My name is Alex. I am a student at Fendalton Primary School and have just turned 9 years old although I wrote these poems when I was 8.
Gregory Brimblecombe
Greg Brimblecombe has been writing for over 20 years . Poems accepted on the internet since 1996 . Recently Greg has been organising the Thames /Coromandel Poetry Group , Thames Poets Circle who have been meeting once a month for the past 8 years . In that time they have…
Sreeraj Thulaseedharan
Completed my MA in English Language and Literature. Lives in Trivandrum, Kerala.
Rayne Peng
I am a Chinese girl, deeply loving poem. This is a little poem about making beauty for others, hope people can offer themselves to make a better future. It is actually hard to write poem in English at the first step, but I am grateful to express my feeling in…
Hannah Dickson
I’m Hannah and I am 11years old. my hobbies are: Jazz, tennis, netball and drama. My achievements: 2nd place in the national Jump Jam competition, 2nd in cross country, 2nd in sprints, 1st in south island Jump Jam, 2nd in netball.
Szymon Dorabialski
Szymon is a Sydney based poet whose poems range from the transcendental to the everyday and often engage with those moments that bridge the two. He has been published in various publications including “T.O.E magazine”, “Thirteen: new writers” and “The Journal of Inter-dimensional Poetry” . He organizes an event for…
Erin Heffernan
Lover of words. Actress. Writer. Playwright. Now using words to help. Counsellor.
Poetzee
Poetzee is…..A visual poet fighting for a lyrical state Poetry gives me artistic space away from the 9-5 machine we call life, it allows me to be completely honest and open about personal topics I feel strongly about. I like to think of poetry as an open book, which I…
Jan Hutchison
Jan Hutchison lives in Christchurch. She was educated at Victoria University. She has three collections of poetry:- The Long Sleep is Over; Days among Trees: The Happiness of Rain. Her poems are represented in a wide variety of magazines and anthologies and in the forthcoming Essential New Zealand Poems. collections…
Hannah Martin
Hi. I’m 15. I live in Huntington, Beach California. I used to live in Hastings, Hawks Bay. My grandparents still live there with my sister. I’m just trying to get my writing out into the world. Hope you enjoy them.
Jamie Trower
I am a second-year Arts Student at the University of Auckland, and I am currently studying Drama and English with a very keen interest in Creative Writing. My major passion is poetry. I have recently finished a collection of poems, entitled A Coma Anatomy. In 2003, my family and I…
Joanne Kingston
I am from Piha, Auckland. Am living in San Francisco at present for a while, with my husband and 3 children. I am a NZ trained primary school teacher and came out of my poetry closet in April, being a finalist at the Auckland Museum’s Anzac memorial competition with the…
Susan Howard
Susan Howard lives on a small farm near Warkworth and works in Auckland city. Her greatest love is to be on the land and writing about the people and life that she encounters. She has been published in “The Typewriter”, “Shot Glass Journal”, and “a fine line.”
Veronica Ingram
24 years old poet from Brixham, Devon, UK
Ronwyn A. Allen
I am 60 years old and starting the adventure of writing with an aim to be published. I am my mother’s carer, a mother (of 2) and a grandmother (of2.5), step-gran of 1. An army childhood (constant moving, including to Malaysia), becoming a registered general/obstetric nurse, enlisting in RNZNC, motherhood…
Ruth Barnard
I am a student of Victoria University in Wellington majoring in Media Studies and Design. In my spare time I sketch, write and run. I love to travel and to meet new people as I find other people’s cultures and views highly interesting. I have always loved to write and…
Lawal Jimoh
Lawal Jimoh lives in Lagos where he rises every day at dawn to write and to think of new things on glimmer of twilight before goose flies away from suitcase. His poems have until now remained unshared and undiscovered, except by his family and close friends who are forced to…
Bryn Walker
I am 9 years old and live in Belmont Auckland. I enjoy playing sports, surfing, reading and writing. I wrote this poem at school because we were learning about Anzac day. I really liked doing it and so I spent lots of my time making it better. I wrote it…
Margaret Atkinson
I was born and educated in Hamilton, completed a Masters degree in Latin from Otago University, before attending Christchurch Teachers’ College. Since then I have taught a variety of languages Latin, Greek, Spanish, German and French in schools in Christchurch and Dunedin. I have lived in New Plymouth for the…
Bernadette Perez
Bernadette Perez (Poet) Writing since a teen of Love, heartache , life struggles . Now Wife, Mother,Grandmother join her in her journey of life transposed into words. In 1990 received Silver Poet Award from World of Poetry. Published in The Wishing Well; Musings in 2010. Small Canyons Anthology in 2013
Monika John
Poems by Monika John, a writer, attorney and world traveler, living in Washington State. Her writings have appeared in various journals and magazines in the USA and UK: most recently Buddhist Poetry Review, Light of Consciousness Magazine, Urthona UK, Penwood Review, Presence International Magazine, Anthology on Tagore, UK, Fungi and…
Joane Sye
Joane Sye is born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She emigrated to NZ in 1971 and settled in Hastings in Hawkes Bay where she has remained. She has three adult children, two of whom also reside in Hawkes Bay. The lovely climate and abundant fruit and easy lifestyle are big attractions.…
Rosa Garcia Knight
My name is Rosa Garcia Knight. I am a 14 year old student at St Andrews College. My main interests are performing arts, sports and english. When I am older I would like to either be a journalist, because because I like writing about topical issues and important news, or…
Anne Hollier Ruddy
Anne Hollier Ruddy have been writing poetry for 8 years.
Alexandra Andrews
I am a year thirteen pupil at Bethlehem College, and a keen student in English, Drama, and Classical Studies.
Anne Chan Lai Ping Ho
I started writing poetry when I had my breakdown here in Auckland. I wrote heaps of them. They were my ventilation of emotions, feelings; but I don’t think I wrote any good ones until I went to poetry class at Toi Ora. There I have learnt a lot and there…
MaryRose Doull
I have been writing poems for peace, ever since I began writing poetry. One of my first poems published in Live Lines 111 was The Programme Seller. Subsequentaly I was runner up in 2010 in the New Zealand Poetry Society;s Annual intentational competiton. I am a keen supporter of the…
Rahul Motipalle
I am Rahul Motipalle. I am studying in Class 11. I am really interested in poetry.
Carol Burrows
I am an aged poet of many years standing. I love to write and belong to the Airing Cupboard Women’s Poetry Group Christchurch. I have had several poems published in various anthologies both here and in Brisbane where I lived for 12 years. My poems have been published in the…
Dr. Rashmi Chandran
Dr. Rashmi Chandran M.Sc., Ph.D., PDF., FISCA, Naturalist, Artist, Home maker, Philosopher, Writer, Founder & Chairperson, Natural Health and Environmental Research, Coimbatore, India. Her Area of Interest includes Nature, Natural Lifestyle, Natural Health, Traditional Medicines, and Environmental Science. Her academic credentials include Doctorate in Zoology from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil…
Vilja Mjelva
I am presently here on earth, planning to stay for a while, to play, learn and share. Who I am I do not know as of yet, so I’ll skip that part. I currently spend my time nurturing newbies, practicing my skills of staying present in the moment and engaging…
Lyllie Colway
I’m 17 years old, living in New Zealand and desperately interested in human nature and personal turmoil that is beneath the surface of each person. I’m just starting out and hopefully everything can be more real.
Kathrine Anne M. Maranda
Hi. I’m Kathrine Anne M. Maranda, 18, and a third year college student in Polytechnic University of the Philippines taking up Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Communication. I try to write poems during my spare time. I started writing serious literary works when I was fourteen and had realize that…
Keith Nunes
Keith (Tauranga, New Zealand) was a newspaper sub-editor for more than 20 years but he now writes to stay sane. He’s been published around NZ (Landfall, Takahe, Trout, brief, Poetry NZ, Catalyst) and increasingly in the UK and US, was highly commended in the 2014 NZ Poetry Society international poetry competition…
Lira Pilpil – Borja
I am a working mother. Part time musician and a full time office worker in an auditing firm. I am also a song writer and a blogger who always write whatever emotion I have.
Sharon Lopez
Sharon R. Rogers was born in Sacramento, California. She grew up in a rural area outside Sacramento with her parents, two sisters, and two brothers along with several horses, cows, chickens, cats, hamsters, rats, and the family dog. Sharon began writing poetry, short stories, and songs when she was around…
Carl Pickens
Self employed landscape architect by day, occasional poet by night (and sometimes on the weekends). Poetry inspired, or should I say bought on by challenging life events, such as life, death, and the need to write something an hour before standing up in front of two hundred people. If something…
Prachi Agasti
am happy go lucky girl… who wants to do all sorts of crazy things… writing is everything.. passion dreams… it let me be myself…
Thomas Allen
Born and raised in San Francisco, California, Thomas Allen is an American writer who moved to New Zealand. His favorite writers include Robert Frost, John Steinbeck, Jack Higgans, Robert Ludlum and Ray Bradbury.
Margaux Black
Im a 21 year old writer based in Auckland, struggling to find a job after my BA in English and Writing studies … the usual story. I am passionate about language and write whenever inspiration strikes.
Vicky George
Of Māori Scottish and Irish ancestry, I feel the urge to write when I can no longer deal with the pain and suffering that is projected into my life by way of social network, media and at times having to live within a society that intrudes upon your soul whether…
Murphy Wiperi
Somebody with a lot of time to think about the irony of the world.
Sharon Walsh-Grieve
I love writing to express ideas and to share experiences. I am also an avid reader and enjoy other people’s words.
Isaac James Te Reina Cleland
I am an emerging film writer/director, focused on bringing to light issues plaguing the world and blinding us from the true essence of life and what we are here to do and be. It is a sad, dark world we work in. But hidden in the thick of this is…
Heather Ellis
Retired teacher/principal who has taught in many schools. Self-published a book recently: “Aunty Alice Teaches a Child to Read and Write Well. ” It reflects my deep interest in promoting language development in children. Lives in Raglan, writes poetry, short stories children’s stories, and currently working on a biography. Also…
LePapillon
Truck mechanic – poet.
Caitlin Smart
I am a budding social entrepreneur and youth mental health advocate wanting to create a culture of friendship and co-operation in my lifetime. When my cats finally stop sleeping on my laptop, I enjoy playing around with spoken word. Aside from a few tidbits published when I was 7 (in…
Caine Webster
Born in Australia. Extensively traveled, collecting moments to write about.
George Dooley
I am 23 years old and from Timaru. Writing now for 5 years, thanks mainly to Oscar Wilde, Hunter S. Thompson and Michelle Denson.
James Shelton
Half a Century, two score & ten and almost all of those lived in New Zealand. Now seems as good a time as any to start. I’ve written a few songs, even recorded a couple, and this poem is a song I’ve never recorded, minus the tune. As for the…
Aziz Shahmansouri
I have been struggling for a long time to enrich my life through poems and stories, I have published some books in Persian . My purpose to send these poems is to appreciate the projects that you are expanding it.
Edward Newborn
An actor by profession I have done just about everything else under the sun between jobs. I have been writing short stories and poems, mainly for children, off and on for a few years. This has been primarily for my own pleasures so have never tried to get them published.…
Beth Sowden
I moved from Australia to Marlborough five years ago, to be a part of my grandchildren’s everyday lives. A decision guided by The Lord, a true blessing. As well as being, “Nana Beth” to my three gorgeous granddaughters I am actively involved at St. Ninian”s Presbyterian Church, Secretary of Christian…
Jonathan Entwistle
I’m a New Zealand born and breed. At 25 years old all I can hope for is to be creative and inspire someone. Creativity and inspiration are the two most powerful things I can offer.
Gregory Street
Of nineteen sixties vintage, and currently residing in the suburb of Kingston in Wellington, New Zealand. Work includes landscape gardening and various forms of social work. Life influences and interests include gamelan music, taichichuan and zen, and an incurable interest in every form of ‘spiritual stuff’, life&death, the universe and…
Anny da Silva Freitas
Peace is a word, concept, value that I ponder alot. I continue to look for ways to improve the way in which I live, relying on peace to guide my relationships with those I love and those I meet. I live with my civil union partner, whom reminds me to…