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…

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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.  

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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

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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…

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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

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“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…

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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…

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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…

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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”…

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.”

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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