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High Five
Up high, down low—too slow! Beware the giant hands, warns Nicola Andrews in this frenetic new poem.
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Put your hand up if you’ve ever felt personally victimised by your body
Backne, butt hair and boob jobs. Get close and personal to a body in flux with Sylvan Spring.
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Black Holes Where My Heart Should Be
A tender poem of gravity and gold by self-declared professional menace El Spurlock.
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dreamless night
Kyra Lawler draws inspiration from Orville Peck’s “Dead of Night” and searches for a slice of cliché among the vastness of the universe.
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Snacks
Laura Vincent presents an ode to snacks. The humble, the nostalgic, the delicious, and everything in between.
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When I Arrive in Niue
Poet Katalaina Polata’ivao imagines a time when they once again visit their homeland.
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once, i belonged to womanhood
Dark and visceral, Kat Rowan writes of feeling out of sync with womanhood in stanzas that will leave you feeling unspooled.
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tupperware blues
In this new poem Cadence Chung releases whispers and secrets from their homes in tucked-away tupperware, stashed deep in the back cupboard.
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WEAPONS OF WAR (NO MORE DEAD FAGGOTS)
War wages on the front lines of Ted Greensmith-West’s prose, with weaponised words used in the daily combat of existence.
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balaena bay august 2021
Through this piece, Pōneke-based poet harold coutts transports you to a moment in August of 2021, where wind buffets your face and the salt spray stings your eyes. Remember to breathe deeply.
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we saw carly rae jepsen in concert when concerts still existed and dedicated side b didn’t exist yet
Romance, West Auckland and Carly Rae Jepsen all wrapped up in a poem from kī anthony.


