{"id":29942,"date":"2015-08-28T06:30:42","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T18:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=29942"},"modified":"2015-08-27T22:13:39","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T10:13:39","slug":"its-national-poetry-day-heres-my-poetry-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/08\/28\/its-national-poetry-day-heres-my-poetry-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s National Poetry Day — Here’s My Poetry Roundup!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"National<\/a>Firstly, if you’re in NZ, visit the National Poetry Day 2015<\/strong> website and check out their Calendar Of Events<\/a> — with luck there’ll be something fun to join in, at a venue near you!<\/p>\n

Secondly, poetry isn’t just a once-a-year one-off: it’s happening every week on The Tuesday Poem<\/a> — and this week the featured poem is by exciting new voice, Annabel Hawkins<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"TuesPoem\"<\/a>What Heartbreak Felt Like<\/a><\/h3>\n

Well worth checking out if you have not done so already! And while you’re there on the Hub<\/a>—do take\u00a0 a look at all the wonderful poems being posted by the poets in the Tuesday Poem community, which feature in the sidebar to the left of the main feature.<\/p>\n

My own featured poem this week is Outback<\/em><\/a> —<\/em> and you can also find a selection of my poetry featured on my website:<\/p>\n

Helen Lowe: Poetry<\/a><\/h3>\n

(Hover the mouse over “Other Writing: Poetry” to see the poems.)<\/p>\n

And there are many wonderful poems, by an equal number of fabulous poets, featured under the Category Poetry<\/a> in the right hand sidebar of the blog.<\/p>\n

I also have two wonderful books of poetry on my reading table right now, both by fellow Tuesday Poets: expat New Zealander, Jennifer Compton’s This City<\/em><\/strong>, and Eileen Moeller’s recently arrived, Firefly, Brightly Burning<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Firefly,<\/a>\"This<\/a><\/p>\n

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In terms of something uniquely “of New Zealand”<\/em> to read from my poetry, it is hard to say because New Zealand infuses almost all of it… But you could try:<\/p>\n

Christmastide<\/a><\/h3>\n

Ti<\/a><\/h3>\n

NZ Dredge<\/a><\/h3>\n

Something About Auckland<\/a><\/h3>\n

A Nor’West Season<\/a><\/h3>\n

Castle Rock<\/a><\/h3>\n

And now we are six—I think that will do for now! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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