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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Tuesday Poem: ‘Growing Up’ by Michelle Elvy
Growing Up Eat the whole apple to the core even past it, seeds and all… You’ll live forever, said Grandpa Ben And I believed him when I was ten He was living proof – ate his … Continue reading
Tuesday Poem: Aotearoa Affair NPD Series, including Tuesday Poets
It’s National Poetry Day this Friday! For this week’s Tuesday Poem I introduce readers to New Zealand poets whose work appears this month at the Aotearoa Affair website. This site was started earlier this year to bring together and celebrate German … Continue reading
Tuesday Poem: ‘Bird’ by Michelle Elvy
I usually post other poets’ work for the Tuesday Poem series, but since I’m the Guest Poet at Poetry Live in Auckland today, here’s one of my own. This one’s close to my heart — an equator crossing among other … Continue reading
Tuesday Poem: ‘Son of Goya’ by Bill Yarrow
1. My father paints walls My father paints walls because the daylight is malignant and his eyesight is benign because dead trees mock him because death’s weather courts him, because time’s wife spits through cracks 2. He has lost all … Continue reading
Tuesday Poem: ‘Basil’ by Alex Pruteanu
He was so old his bones seemed to float inside his skin I went to feel his pulse he slapped at me and so instead, I rolled the dice for him on the backgammon board and lit his pipe He … Continue reading
