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clytemnestra by john collier
Blood trickles over marble and a challenge is made in this poetic response to Clytemnestra from Hebe Kearney.
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Portrait of a sad girl
For FRAMED!, Amelia Kirkness draws inspiration from the field of art restoration (and a past obsession with the Baumgartner YouTube channel) to create something new.
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Heave is a Blue Room
Commissioned by City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi in response to the exhibition ‘Imagined in the Context of a Room: the works of Joanna Margaret Paul’ – ‘Heaven is a Blue Room’ is a poem which pays homage to the longstanding, sensational impact and delicate nature of Margaret Paul’s practice in Aotearoa.
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The Seven Sorrows of Mary
Mary Mosteller writes to the Immaculate Heart bearing her name, hung in the home of her grandparents —weighing heavy over her.
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ancestor technologies
Silk, cynotype and Prussian Blue collide in context of this poem from Rachel Lockwood inspired by Stella Brennan’s ‘Ancestor Technologies’ exhibition.
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Interview with a shell
Margo Montes de Oca interviews a reclusive Swedish shell from Hilma af Klint’s ‘Group I, Primordial Chaos’ collection in this new poem.
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Everything is all so unrequited
Watching TV with the neighbours through your bedroom window. Fantasizing about watching them watch you back.
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Circe’s Potion
In Lauren Gibson’s bad apple debut, Circe tempts us forward, beckons us to drink the potion and see men as the pigs they are.
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the garden of eden is melting, the blood is on my hands
Rebecca Lester writes of clashing teeth, bruised peaches and breath-fogged mirrors in this art-inspired poem for FRAMED!
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Lament of the Tūī
An observation of grief after a significant loss and how this manifests in whānau.
In a dream, you saw a way to survive, and you were filled with joy.
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