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Distraction
In this poem, Emily Heyward rages about the far right going after the queer community while our natural world burns.
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just geese
Hebe Kearney conjures ‘Wild Geese’ and its many iterations via Hera Lindsay Bird, Rebecca Hawkes and all the other poets with fondness for Mary Oliver.
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Mirrors and Windows
Alia Govin-Fowler digs into the feelings of friction she often encounters when it comes to #girlhood.
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G(AI)
Present day technology is a wonder and a menace. Jade du Preez’s children can, on long car rides, request ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ on repeat via Spotify. She can engage in circuitous arguments with Copilot at her place of work.
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queerzealand (a man falling)
In ‘queerzealand’ Ted Greensmith-West looks at the legacy of the Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986, which passed into law 40 years ago. Looking to our future must inevitably include looking back into our past for guidance.
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Joywreck
Ash Raymond James builds on the vehicular whakapapa of Van Mei’s ‘ Joyride’ and Laura Vincent’s ‘joyridden’ by penning a response poem to the response poem.
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This Could Not Be Any Easier
Divyaa shares an exploration of queer existence, the pervasiveness of neocolonial homophobia, and resisting Destiny.
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Koruru arero-rua
He mea tito tēnei ruri nā Hāwea Apiata hei whakahokinga whakaaro ki te mahi toi, ‘Taramainuku’ nā Marama Salsano. He huritaonga ki tēnei mea te taharuatanga, te hōkakaruatanga, ā, e whai ana i ngā ture whakatakoto kupu o te ‘villanelle’.
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Untethering
Brooke looks towards to new beginnings, acknowledging the past.
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Deadname
While having a new name can be freeing, there will always be the shadow of your previous name, and you ,as a previous person ,will follow. In this poem, Jordan Irvine encapsulates that feeling.
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Recycle
Liberty Armstrong responds to her poem ‘forgetting’ by poking fun at her previous heartbreak and reassures her past self that she is not to blame.
Category: poetry
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