Category: 2014

A note about writing this poem   This is about the usefulness of a writing group, and usefulness of catching the bus. I joined a small writing group. We had to take a piece of work every time. I’ve got piles of unfinished work, but I decided to write a…

Tēnā tātou e tau mai, e pānui mai nei. Welcome to 4th Floor 2014 – a showcase of writing from the Whitireia New Zealand creative writing programme.   Q. Kia ora. Firstly, I was wondering where you get your ideas? A. There’s this flat in Seddon Street. It has a…

Outside the sun is shining   She stands by the window – keep away from the window, they said, but she wants to see the purple lady monks come and go and offer red roses to the young children.  If they take one they will be lucky all their life,…

PROSE   Mere Chater Kotahitanga Navina Clemerson The Violinist’s Dog Carolyn Gillum The Walrus Alison Glenny The Flaneur Mary Shelley attends a performance of ‘Presumption, or the Fate of Frankenstein’ John McTavish War Bride, Part Two, Sixty-five Years On   Priyardashi Ranmuthu The Community Chef James Ridley Dad Tracey Schuyt…

Local   Eggs She balances the tray of eggs on her fingertips, just like a waiter. She put on weight with the baby and hasn’t lost it. Her thighs bulge between her long striped socks and her tiny shorts.   He is trudging behind her, pushing the buggy. The bags…

Pip Adam Verne Barrett Jane Blaikie Fred Buijn Rachel Bush Mere Chater Navina Clemerson Lynn Davidson Natasha Dennerstein Helen Vivienne Fletcher Penny M. Geddis Carolyn Gillum Alison Glenny Rata Gordon Rob Hack Trish Harris Adrienne Jansen Michael Keith Helen Lehndorf John McTavish Brandon Mehrtens Bill Nelson Vivienne Plumb Maggie Rainey-Smith…

Being and making   I am starting today I will put in here thinking there was confusion about how this would work.   //   We are all special beings building sheds outside of any function. People can be made to work faster but art operates in this way. I…