{"id":16079,"date":"2012-09-21T06:30:05","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T18:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=16079"},"modified":"2012-09-20T20:38:17","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T08:38:17","slug":"spring-fever-is-well-truly-here-with-the-poetry-in-performance-spring-season-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/09\/21\/spring-fever-is-well-truly-here-with-the-poetry-in-performance-spring-season-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Fever Is Well &#038; Truly Here&#8212;With the Poetry In Performance Spring Season 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_16088\" style=\"width: 92px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/09\/21\/spring-fever-is-well-truly-here-with-the-poetry-in-performance-spring-season-2012\/7-9-2009five-poets-067a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16088\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16088\" class=\" wp-image-16088 \" title=\"7-9-2009Five Poets 067a\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/7-9-2009Five-Poets-067a-102x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"82\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/7-9-2009Five-Poets-067a-102x300.jpg 102w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/7-9-2009Five-Poets-067a-51x150.jpg 51w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/7-9-2009Five-Poets-067a.jpg 114w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 82px) 100vw, 82px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16088\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joanna Preston<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I said yesterday that it must be spring because events were bustin&#8217; out all over, with a post on <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/09\/20\/its-aotearoa-new-zealand-speculative-fiction-blogging-week\/\">NZ Speculative Fiction Blogging Week<\/a> following hard on the heels of <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/09\/19\/today-is-womens-suffrage-day-in-aotearoa-new-zealand\/\">Suffrage Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And lo and behold, into my inbox popped the panui (notice) for the <strong>Canterbury Poets&#8217; Collective, Poetry In Performance Spring Season 2012.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16091\" style=\"width: 122px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/09\/21\/spring-fever-is-well-truly-here-with-the-poetry-in-performance-spring-season-2012\/7-9-2009five-poets-068\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16091\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16091\" class=\" wp-image-16091 \" title=\"7-9-2009Five Poets 068\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/7-9-2009Five-Poets-068-140x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/7-9-2009Five-Poets-068-140x300.jpg 140w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/7-9-2009Five-Poets-068-70x150.jpg 70w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/7-9-2009Five-Poets-068.jpg 143w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Turner<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And I have to say, it&#8217;s a great line-up! If you are in Christchurch for any\/all of the evenings it would be well worthwhile popping along for a listen and to meet the poets.<\/p>\n<p>(And where I&#8217;ve featured a poet here <em>&#8220;on Anything, Really&#8221;<\/em> I have linked to the poem so you can sneak a look at his or her work.)<\/p>\n<p>But anyway, to the notice:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Canterbury Poets Collective (CPC) presents<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16096\" style=\"width: 131px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/09\/21\/spring-fever-is-well-truly-here-with-the-poetry-in-performance-spring-season-2012\/7-9-2009five-poets-079a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16096\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16096\" class=\" wp-image-16096 \" title=\"7-9-2009Five Poets 079a\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/7-9-2009Five-Poets-079a-151x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"121\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/7-9-2009Five-Poets-079a-151x300.jpg 151w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/7-9-2009Five-Poets-079a-75x150.jpg 75w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/7-9-2009Five-Poets-079a.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 121px) 100vw, 121px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16096\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tusiata Avia<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Poetry in Performance, 2012 Spring Season<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Open mike and guest readers. Wednesdays at 6.30 pm<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"yiv1804653422\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Audience vote for the Best Open Mic Poet.<\/p>\n<p>3\u00a0\u00a0 October:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Johanna Aitchison, Hagley Writers Institute<br \/>\n10 October:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Elizabeth Smither, Emma Currie, Paul McGuigan<br \/>\n17 October:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Joan Fleming, Andy Coyle, <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2010\/09\/28\/tuesday-poem-out-of-the-blue-by-frankie-mcmillan\/\">Frankie McMillan<\/a><br \/>\n24 October:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Louise Wallace, Sean Joyce, Marisa Cappetta<br \/>\n31 October:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Brian Turner, Fiona Farrell, <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/05\/29\/tuesday-poem-push-by-david-gregory\/\">David Gregory<\/a><br \/>\n7\u00a0\u00a0 November: James McNaughton, <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/03\/13\/the-tuesday-poem-angelfish-by-bernadette-hall\/\">Bernadette Hall<\/a>, Rebecca Nash<br \/>\n14 November: Owen Marshall, Tusiata Avia, <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2011\/10\/18\/tuesday-poem-cowarral-sequence-ii-the-orange-tree-by-joanna-preston\/\">Joanna Preston<\/a><br \/>\n21 November: Best of the season&#8217;s open mic readers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16099\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/09\/21\/spring-fever-is-well-truly-here-with-the-poetry-in-performance-spring-season-2012\/7-9-2009five-poets-074a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16099\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16099\" class=\" wp-image-16099 \" title=\"7-9-2009Five Poets 074a\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/7-9-2009Five-Poets-074a-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/7-9-2009Five-Poets-074a-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/7-9-2009Five-Poets-074a-93x150.jpg 93w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/7-9-2009Five-Poets-074a.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frankie McMillan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The venue is the very comfortable space at the CPIT Students Association (CPSA) Hall, 5 Madras Street and about 200 metres south of our former venue, the well loved Madras Caf\u00e9 and Book Shop (now Black Betty Cafe.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I said yesterday that it must be spring because events were bustin&#8217; out all over, with a post on NZ Speculative Fiction Blogging Week following hard on the heels of Suffrage Day. And lo and behold, into my inbox popped the panui (notice) for the Canterbury Poets&#8217; Collective, Poetry In Performance Spring Season 2012. 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