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while i watch love island
TRUE STORY: the promised escapism of reality dating television fails to let sad, cold, broke woman stop thinking about Bad Things™ so she wrote a poem about it. Join Kyra as they watch yet another seemingly endless season of Love Island while everything starts to crumble around them.
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Tepidarium
A ballerina going through heartbreak seeks solace in a spa, the water healing, soothing. The twist in the tail is that she is performing the leading role of Ondine, a mermaid, this season, and there are many resonances between her situation and the heroine’s.
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Liv Parker’s Vampires, Werewolves and Harry Styles — A Review
In a whirlwind of nostalgia, Liv Parker transports reviewer Tate Fountain to the year 2010. Faced with a mirror reflection of her own teen years, Tate sums up the experience.
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‘Is That How You Want to End Up?’
‘Past the Tower Under the Tree’ comprises works from twelve artists and activists “crafting a life in community.” In collaboration with GLORIA Books, we present Daniel Michael Satele’s contribution ‘Is That How You Want to End Up?’.
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Janaye Henry’s Crush Season — A Review
It’s just (just) a little crush (crush). As part of the NZ International Comedy Festival, Tate Fountain went along to Janaye Henry’s ‘Crush Season’. Click through to find out if she came out with a crush.
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MTN DILK
*heavy chanting* “MTN DILK, MTN DILK, COME AND DRINK THE SPICY MILK!” Back with one to make you chunder, Rebecca our queen among carnivores serves up jugs of the fresh and frothy ‘MTN DILK’.
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bare bones jealousy/the secrets of a petrol station run
What happens when you listen to ‘Born to Die’ by Lana Del Rey once a day for an entire summer? Camden Clement plays polyamorous passenger princess (gender neutral) and is going to be your dream boy in this new poem.