I'm guest reader at Poetry Live in #Auckland on Tuesday 10 February! Here are the key details:

What: Poetry Live, Auckland
Where: Cafe 39, 39 Ponsonby Road
When: Tuesday 10 February, 7.30-10pm
With: Open mike + guest musician Cold Champagne

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1822227305127271 #poetry #nzpoetry #nzlit

*Poetry reading in Wellington on Sunday 15 February*

I'm reading poems from my new collection "Dracula in the Colonies" at the Office Bar, 124 Riddiford St, Newtown on Sunday 15 February - you're very welcome to come along, and entry is free.

This is part of the Poetry and Music at Newtown's Office Bar series. The event starts at 4pm with an Open Mike (make sure you arrive on time if you want to sign up to read), then there's a break for food & drink from the bar downstairs, then I'll be reading around 5.30. See you there!

#poetry #nzpoetry #Aotearoa #nzlit #Newtown @bookstodon

"Ah, Dracula! Tim Jones on poetry, squatting and being a creature of imagination":

https://flashfrontier.com/ah-dracula-tim-jones-on-poetry/

Thanks for this profile and interview, Flash Frontier! Check out the full October issue - there is a whole lot to read and see!

#books #nzbooks #interview #author @bookstodon #bookstodon #poetry #nzpoetry #Aotearoa

Thanks to editor Jodie Hawthorne for selecting these haiku for issue 5 of folk ku, and for her ongoing dedication to this great journal and to haikai generally!

A free pdf of issue 5 can be downloaded here:
https://kingriverpress.com/folk-ku-journal-free-pdf/
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#haikupoetry #haiku #englishhaiku #nzhaiku #nzpoetry #folkkujournal #Buddha #bashō #masaokashiki #kingriverpress #water #oldpond #ducks #birdbath #beggingbowl #zen #autumn #kigo #compassion #agape #charity #wabisabi
#verse

This kyoka (humorous tanka) was published in Kokako 42.

#tanka #kyoka #poetry #poem #lyricalverse #creativewriting #nztanka #nzpoetry

Thanks and blessings to folk ku journal for publishing these two tanka of mine in folk ku #4.

Folk ku is an international haiku and tanka journal based in Australia dedicated to the memory of Master Masaoka Shiki, who wrote much of his pieces while bedridden with tuberculosis, and includes translations of some of his haiku.

You can freely download it here: https://kingriverpress.com/folk-ku-journal-free-pdf/
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#poetry #nzpoetry #tanka #micropoetry #verse #westerntanka #folkku #kingriverpress #haikumastershiki #wabisabi