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New Zealand Poetry Society organises public poetry readings on the third Monday of each month, at the Thistle Inn, Mulgrave St, Wellington. Click here to find out the date and Guest Poet for the next Wellington event: Poetry @ The Thistle Inn.
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Poetry at The Ballroom Cafe, Wellington
Sunday 19 February, 4-6pm
The Ballroom Café, cnr Riddiford St & Adelaide Rd, Newtown
Guest Poet: Pat White; Guest Musician: Gilbert Haisman
Plus open mic from 4.
Supported by Wellington City Council's Creative Communities Scheme
Poetry @ The Thistle Inn, Wellington
Monday 20 February, 7.30pm
The Thistle Inn, 3 Mulgrave St
The poetry open mic is starting again for all poets and performers. Please get your name on the list by 7.30pm. The open mic will be followed by a short break and then a guest reading from Teresia Teaiwa, I-Kiribati and American poet and academic, and senior Pacific Studies lecturer at Victoria University.
Supported by the Creative Communities Local Funding Scheme, Wellington City Council.
InVOICE and Music, Auckland
Friday 24 February, 8pm
PumpHouse Theatre, Takapuna
SPECIAL GUESTS don't get more special than this! - Tim Heath (2011 NZ Poetry Idol) and Brad McCormick (2011 NZ National Slam Champion)
+ Q&A session, where YOU can ask our guest any questions
+ OPEN MIC - 3 minutes slots, everybody welcome
to register to perform email gus@printablereality.com
also featuring: music by Dubtext (dubtext.co.nz) and The White Wall - Kinetic Sculpture Ensemble and visuals by brierley-millman
also special appearance by "Lovers Walk"
bar open, stay after for a party by the lake ...
it will be Pumping !
www.printablereality.com www.pumphouse.co.nz
Poets to the People, Raumati South
Sunday 26 February, 4-6pm
Lembas Cafe, Poplar Ave.
Our first guest poet for the year is Nicola Easthope, who has been a keen supporter and foundation member of the Lembas poetry group. It has been wonderful to see Nicola's work reach a widening audience over recent years.
A Raumati resident for many years, Nicola's poems touch on themes of travel, teaching, nature, love and family - and gently underline our need to think globally, yet act locally, with regard to these issues.
Nicola's first recognition came in 2005, when she won 2nd prize in the Bravado International Poetry Competition, and more recently she was a finalist in the 2011 WWF 'Ocean:Views' competition. Here's an extract from her entry:
She is an ocean staircase strider.
She rides clear above shells and crabs.
Gannets lift her thighs high
with fine lines of surf.
She shapes their heads into bottles.
Draws their bills into nibs.
Here comes the perfect page.
In 2011 Nicola's channelled her fascination with gannets as a metaphor into her outstanding anthology Leaving my arms free to fly around you http://www.steeleroberts.co.nz/books/isbn/978-1-877577-57-4
Hopefully you'll be coming along with a poem to open the New Year (which like the rest of us is rapidly aging), and welcome and support Nicola, our local poet. Remember name on the board before we start. 1 poem only. $5 entry.
Lovers Walk, Auckland
2-3 March
Waiheke ArtWorks Theatre
http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/2012/lovers-walk-poetic-journey-in-eight-scenes/auckland/waiheke-island
LIVE at The Library, Auckland
Wednesday 7 March, 8pm
Library Bar, 1 Pakenham St East
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Library-Bar-Auckland/186721968022029 with "First Page" project launch: Jai McDonald, Anna Forsyth, Jerry Beale, Michael Botur, Michelle Bolton, Jeremy Roberts, Gus Simonovic, Leigh Barrett and Caitlin Smith.
Poetry Workshop Christchurch
Sunday 11 March, 10am - 4pm
The Sydenham Room, Christchurch South Library, Beckenham, 66 Colombo Street
Spoken Poetry for poets. Would you like to:
• Make your poem come alove?
• Enchant your audience?
• Keep their attention so they don't drift off'?
• Enjoy the experience while eliminating nerves & tension? David Gill, a trained actor, Speech & Drama teacher & poet, will be running this full day workshop.
Call David on 0275 11 69 94, or email him at: goodgill6@gmail.com for more info.
Lovers Walk, Auckland
15-16 March
PumpHouse Theatre, Takapuna
http://www.pumphouse.co.nz/
Poetry @ The Thistle Inn, Wellington
Monday 19 March, 7.30pm
The Thistle Inn, 3 Mulgrave St
Poetry open mic for all poets and performers. Please get your name on the list by 7.30pm. The open mic will be followed by a short break and then a guest reading from Gus Simonovic, Performance Poet, driving force behind multi-media project Printable Reality, founding Trustee of the NZ Spoken Word & Poetry Trust, and Auckland co-ordinator of the New Zealand Poetry Society.
Poetry @ The Thistle Inn, Wellington
Monday 16 April, 7.30pmThe Thistle Inn, 3 Mulgrave St
Poetry open mic for all poets and performers. Please get your name on the list by 7.30pm. The open mic will be followed by a short break and then a guest reading from Christchurch poet Joanna Preston, winner of the inaugural Kathleen Grattan Prize, and the Mary Gilmour Prize (Australia), for her first collection, The Fisher King.
Poetry @ The Thistle Inn, Wellington
Monday 21 May, 7.30pmThe Thistle Inn, 3 Mulgrave St
Poetry open mic for all poets and performers. Please get your name on the list by 7.30pm. The open mic will be followed by a short break and then a guest reading from Auckland poet Siobhan Harvey.
Wondering what else there is to do?
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