‘Last Born’ – Hinemoana Baker
I’m choosing Hinemoana Baker this week for two reasons. One, because she’s a dear friend and I love her work. And two – oops, that’s three. Three, she’s just been Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Poem of the Week
Pamela tells her feminist group she’s thoroughly sick of women – Phoebe Smith
This poem was published in Issue Two of Sweet Mammalian earlier this month. I didn’t intentionally go looking for another poem on the feminist theme, I just happened to like Continue Reading →
I was a feminist in the eighties – Anne Kennedy
This has been one of my favourite poems for a long time, and often one I choose for readings, because it sounds great and the ending always gets a good reaction.
Progress – Jane Arthur
Jane Arthur’s Progress is published in the latest issue of Sport magazine, which I am currently working my way through. This is a poem best read aloud, with a kind of Continue Reading →
‘My Mother’ – Frieda Hughes
Poem of the Week – ‘My Mother’ by Frieda Hughes, daughter of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes.