Category: past, present, future

  • Joywreck

    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

    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

    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

    Untethering

    Brooke looks towards to new beginnings, acknowledging the past.

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  • Deadname

    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

    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.

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