Tag Archives: New Zealand
Shipwreck
Or whether a throbbing hull, or freighter’s bulk, might somehow stimulate her, and she might reach to stroke it -– and cause a terrible wreck, a spillage of fuel and flotsam on my ocean jewel? — Stanzas 86 and 87, … Continue reading
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The Taxi Driver’s Poem — Stanzas 109 to 116
Res Publica, Book One, Canto the Second 109. Okay, my taxi bard, your time has come to take my poem’s stage! I’ll add a sample to this page and let your poem play in mine: The Taxi Driver’s Poem Ogygia! … Continue reading
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Protected: And When You Leap from Bridges
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Protected: New Zealand, Listen
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Amends to the Albatross — Episode Ten, Res Publica, Live on Radio NZ
The audio of Episodes One through Ten of Res Publica, read by Stuart Devenie, can now be heard on the Radio New Zealand website (Drama > Book Readings). You can read notes on the previous episode here. In this Episode … Continue reading
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Goodbye to Father — Episode Nine, Res Publica, Live on Radio NZ
The audio of Episodes One through Nine of Res Publica, read by Stuart Devenie, can now be heard on the Radio New Zealand website (Drama > Book Readings). You can read notes on the previous episode here. In this Episode … Continue reading
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Holding My Wife at Gunpoint — Episode Eight, Res Publica, Live on Radio NZ
The audio of Episodes One through Eight of Res Publica, read by Stuart Devenie, can now be heard on the Radio New Zealand website (Drama > Book Readings). You can read notes on the previous episode here. In this Episode … Continue reading
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My New New Zealand — Episode Seven, Res Publica, Live on Radio NZ
The audio of Episodes One to Seven of Res Publica, read by Stuart Devenie, can now be heard on the Radio New Zealand website (Drama > Book Readings). You can read notes on the previous episode here. In this Episode … Continue reading
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The Poet’s Ghost — Episode Six, Res Publica, Live on Radio NZ
The audio of Episodes One to Six of Res Publica, read by Stuart Devenie, can now be heard on the Radio New Zealand website (Drama > Book Readings). You can read notes on the previous episode here. In this Episode … Continue reading
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A Helicopter Ride — Episode Five, Res Publica, Live on Radio NZ
The audio of Episodes One to Five of Res Publica, read by Stuart Devenie, can now be heard on the Radio New Zealand website (Drama > Book Readings). You can read notes on the previous episode here. In this Episode … Continue reading
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The Wife and Her House — Episode Four, Res Publica, Live on Radio NZ
The audio of Episodes One to Four of Res Publica, read by Stuart Devenie, can now be heard on the Radio New Zealand website (Drama > Book Readings). You can read notes on the previous episode here. Our narrator, Arcady … Continue reading
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Epic New Zealand Poem to Hit the Airwaves on February 9
Just wanted to let you know that Radio New Zealand will begin broadcasting Zireaux’s epic novel in rhyming verse, Res Publica — read by the acclaimed Kiwi actor Stuart Devenie — on Wednesday, February 9, at 10:45am. “Seldom does Radio … Continue reading
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“99 Ways” — The A-to-Y of New Zealand Poetry
99 Ways Into New Zealand Poetry Paula Green, Harry Ricketts and poets as credited Vintage, Random House 624 pages, NZ$46.00 New Zealand! How much I love you! And how much more I’d love you all to myself. But let’s … Continue reading
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“Pink T-Shirt,” by Mary McCallum
Selected for Immortal Muse by Zireaux (read Zireaux’s comments on this poem) Pink T-Shirt he liked to arrive at her door ring the bell and wait to see her face above him at the window the eyes widen, the mouth … Continue reading
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NZ Poetry Day: Lines from Res Publica, Book One
The narrator in this scene is hiding out at writer Frank Sargeson’s bach in Takapuna, on Auckland’s North Shore. As he writes his epic story, he takes a moment to contemplate New Zealand’s literature. Lines from Res Publica, Book One … Continue reading
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