Paula Green
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poet, blogger, children's author
Paula Green shame shame shame on these cowards New Zealand says no to recognising Palestine, for now
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NZ not yet recognising Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces
The government has decided against recognising Palestinian statehood, retaining its "when, not if" position.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/574305/nz-not-yet-recognising-palestinian-state-foreign-minister-winston-peters-announces
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Poetry Shelf noticeboard: A Columbian/NZ poetry project
A Columbian/NZ poetry project curated by Trevor Hayes. Details here.
https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/09/26/poetry-shelf-noticeboard-a-columbian-nz-poetry-project/
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celebrating a tremendous issue of Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook 2025 with a review and ten readings
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Poetry Shelf review and readings: Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook 2025 – breath
Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook 2025 – breathed. Tracey Slaughter, Massey University Press Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook 2025 is entitled “breath”. It is a potent theme for an anthology of po…
https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/09/25/poetry-shelf-review-and-readings-poetry-aotearoa-yearbook-2025-breath/
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Poetry Shelf Monday Poem: ‘Object defined by activity (then), 2009’ by Sue Fitchett
Object defined by activity (then), 2009(Olafur Eliasson Your Curious Journey exhibition Auckland Art Gallery 2025) The trees are a green presencewrit large in our eyes &we talk about themhow sa…
https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/09/22/poetry-shelf-monday-poem-object-defined-by-activity-then-2009-by-sue-fitchett/
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Took me several days to read and reply to all the young poets - but what a special poem challenge. I think I loved reading these as much as the tamariki loved writing them
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Poetry Box September challenge: Celebrating te reo Māori
What an astonishing arrival of poems celebrating te reo Māori over the past few weeks. I have loved reading your poems so much – they have filled me with warmth, waiata, light, story, aroha. …
https://nzpoetrybox.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/poetry-box-september-challenge-celebrating-te-reo-maori/
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there is just so much to love about this book - I hope every poetry fan gets a copy!
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Poetry Shelf review and reading: Sick Power Trip by Erik Kennedy
Sick Power Trip, Erik KennedyTe Herenga Waka University Press, 2025 Mujaddara I know. I know what’s happening elsewhere.While I mess around with my kitchenware.from ‘Autumn Couplets&#…
https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/09/17/poetry-shelf-review-and-reading-sick-power-trip-by-erik-kennedy/
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Fabulous line-up!
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Poetry Shelf noticeboard: Poetry in Performance in Ōtautahi
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Stand up and address this issue please GOVT!!!! 'Medical migrant' seeks life in Australia
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'Medical migrant' seeks life in Australia
"I moved because I wanted life," says a myeloma cancer patient who moved to Australia to access life prolonging drugs that are not funded in NZ.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/573236/medical-migrant-seeks-life-in-australia
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Blood cancer patients say govt breaking promise on life-saving drugs
Families accuse National of failing to deliver promised life-saving medicines, forcing some to fundraise or move abroad.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/573142/blood-cancer-patients-say-govt-breaking-promise-on-life-saving-drugs
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love love this book
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Poetry Box review: Humble Bumble by Miriama Kamo and Craig Phillips
Humble Bumble, Miriama Kamo, illust by Craig PhillipsScholastic, 2025 This week it is Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2025. A time to celebrate the language, to add new words to our vocabulary, to read stor…
https://nzpoetrybox.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/poetry-box-review-humble-bumble-by-miriama-kamo-and-craig-phillips/
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We love to see our former Schools Poetry Award winners and finalists go on to do great things: check out 2019 winner Xiaole Zhan's bio note at the end of this poem!
add a skeleton here at some point
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Poetry Shelf Monday Poem: ‘Year of the snake’ by Xiaole Zhan
Year of the snake The first timeI weighed myselfI was a teenager.I was worriedI was underweightfor a blood drive. People told meI was prettyin high school. Thinking backall I hear isskinny. Being d…
https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/09/15/poetry-shelf-monday-poem-year-of-the-snake-by-xiaole-zhan/
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What a sweet mix of mayhem and music
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Poetry Box review: Turkey Hurley-Burly by Annelies Judson and Nikki Slade Robinson
Turkey Hurley-Burly, Annelies Judson, illus. Nikki Slade RobinsonScholastic, 2025 There was turmoil and commotionas a monumental oceanof kids and turkeys washed across the field. Children from ever…
https://nzpoetrybox.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/poetry-box-review-turkey-hurley-burly-by-annelies-judson-and-nikki-slade-robinson/
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Poetry Box noticeboard: CELEBRATING THE CHAMPION – Maurice Gee’s contribution to children’s literature
CELEBRATING THE CHAMPIONMaurice Gee’s contribution to children’s literatureJoin us for a panel presentation focussing on the children’s writing of Maurice Gee, the celebrated New …
https://nzpoetrybox.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/poetry-box-noticeboard-celebrating-the-champion-maurice-gees-contribution-to-childrens-literature/
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poetry that resonates so deeply
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Poetry Shelf review and reading: Overseas Experience by Nicola Andrews
Overseas Experience, Nicola AndrewsĀporo Press, 2025 Well I thoughtI was goingon a short hīkoibut I reckon thisis turning out to bemore of a haerenga, eh?Auē, auē, auē. from ‘Left on Read&#…
https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/09/09/poetry-shelf-review-and-reading-overseas-experience-by-nicola-andrews/
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Hold this poem close all day
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Poetry Shelf Monday Poem: Offerings / Reynard by Niamh Hollis-Locke
Offerings / Reynard At night we leavescraps out in the gardenfor the fox.I sit in the study withthe lamp off for hours, foreheadagainst cold windowglass,willing him to appear – quiet wanderer,sha…
https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/09/08/poetry-shelf-monday-poem-offerings-reynard-by-niamh-hollis-locke/
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Ready steady inspire our children!
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Poetry Box reviews: Bob Marley, Virginia Woolf and Cristiano Ronaldo
Now more than ever, nourishing the dreams of children is as important as nourishing and furthering our own. Some of us are dreaming of a world at peace, of global kindness, of larders and gardens f…
https://nzpoetrybox.wordpress.com/2025/09/04/poetry-box-reviews-bob-marley-virginia-woolf-and-cristiano-ronaldo/
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25 days ago
Just found out that my former landlord, who to this day is the worst landlord I've ever had, is running in the local elections.
@thespinoff.bsky.social
I've got a story for you if you'll take it. People deserve to know the sort of candidates they're voting for.
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Scariest wildest storm in ages but maybe Vector's drones & maintenance work meant it wasn't the usual blanket West Auckland outage but patches. Tough scary night indeed. Some of harshest winds ever recorded in August hit Auckland
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Toppled trees, fallen power lines overnight as strong winds and rain battered the upper North Island
Firefighters were called to more than 100 weather-related incidents overnight in the North Island.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/571639/toppled-trees-fallen-power-lines-overnight-as-strong-winds-and-rain-battered-the-upper-north-island
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an extra special poem challenge for children
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Poetry Box September poem challenge: celebrating te reo Māori
some books on my shelves on the marae on the marae and we are singingon the marae and we are listeningon the marae and I’m warm with freshly dug kūmuraon the marae and I’m gifted a kete…
https://nzpoetrybox.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/poetry-box-september-poem-challenge-celebrating-te-reo-maori/
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YES! A favourite poet of mine!
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Poetry Shelf Monday Poem: Given These Times by Bernadette Hall
Given these times There’s no doubt that we’re all a bit swampy. You can smell it in the bog, the wet weeds,the rotted wood, the mud, the fish and the frog eggs,all the muck that lies at the bo…
https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/09/01/poetry-shelf-monday-poem-given-these-times-by-bernadette-hall/
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'Sometimes you go what feels like backwards' - The Beths' singer Liz Stokes on doing life with depression and Graves' disease
Liz Stokes shares hard-won lessons about the circular nature of recovery on The Beths’ new album Straight Line Was A Lie.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/music/sometimes-you-go-what-feels-like-backwards-the-beths-liz-stokes-on-doing-life-with-depression-and
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Inspired by Margaret Mahy's imagination there are some cool poems here!
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Poetry Box August challenge: some favourite imagination poems
Cheeky Cat There once was a cheeky catWho stole a magnificent matIt flew him up to the moon.At the strike of noonIt flew him down, and he sat. Marlon, Year 4, age 9, Target Road School For your Au…
https://nzpoetrybox.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/poetry-box-august-challenge-some-favourite-imagination-poems/
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Poetry Shelf: how to hold onto the light by Paula Green
It is plain to see we’re in a terrible situationSufferin’ in the landNearly half of the world on the verge of starvationSufferin’ in the landAnd the children are crying for more e…
https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/08/28/poetry-shelf-how-to-hold-onto-the-light-by-paula-green/
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Poetry Shelf noticeboard: Emma Neale awarded The Janet Frame Prize
Congratulations Emma Neale! Happy Birthday Janet Frame! 28 August 2025 IN MEMORY OF JANET FRAME WHO WAS BORN 101 YEARS AGO ON THIS DAY. The Trustees of the Janet Frame Literary Trust are delighted …
https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/08/28/poetry-shelf-noticeboard-emma-neale-awarded-the-janet-frame-prize/
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Yeah for libraries and imaginations !!
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Poetry Box review: Why Not? by Swapna Haddow
Why Not?, Swapna Haddow, illus Daron PartonScholastic, 2025 I heard on the radio that there is an upswell of people in Britain buying books! Yes! Readers are writing about books they love on social…
https://nzpoetrybox.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/poetry-box-review-why-not-by-swapna-haddow/
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This is a sad time out west - have donated to help this bereaved family
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In an instant, a young father’s life was taken in front of his children.
Helping Kane’s family through the heartbreak of his sudden passing and the costs that follow
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what a treat to linger over this gorgeous book
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Poetry Shelf review and reading: The Midnight Plane – Selected and new poems by Fiona Kidman
The Midnight Plane: Selected and new poems, Fiona KidmanOtago University Press, 2025 It’s the same again this weekend, wild weather,rain and delays, and a long way south, suspensionon a cloud…
https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/08/26/poetry-shelf-review-and-reading-the-midnight-plane-selected-and-new-poems-by-fiona-kidman/
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OOh check our Rohann's super cool simple cat poem
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Poetry Box popUP challenge: some favourite cat poems
To celebrate National Poetry Day on Friday I gave children a popUP cat poem challenge … three days to write a poem. How lovely to receive some extra cool cat poems in my email box. Your poems…
https://nzpoetrybox.wordpress.com/2025/08/26/poetry-box-popup-challenge-some-favourite-cat-poems/
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I love this poem so very much
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Poetry Shelf Monday Poem: Day’s End by Philomena Johnson
Day’s End The door to your room is opento the corridor. Unused. I am alonewith you and as flat as a car batteryin lockdown. Yet all that is requiredof this moment is for me to sitby your bedside, h…
https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/08/25/poetry-shelf-monday-poem-days-end-by-philomena-johnson/
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Poetry Shelf’s cafe reading for NZ Poetry Day plus breaking news
Later in the year I want to launch a series of Poetry Shelf Live events around the country because I want to get back out in the world, and work offline as much as I do online. In the meantime, ass…
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Poetry Shelf’s cafe reading for NZ Poetry Day plus breaking news
Later in the year I want to launch a series of Poetry Shelf Live events around the country because I want to get back out in the world, and work offline as much as I do online. In the meantime, ass…
https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/08/22/poetry-shelfs-cafe-reading-for-nz-poetry-day-plus-breaking-news/
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for all children who love writing poems HAPPY NATIONAL POETRY DAY a popUP challenge with a gift!
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Poetry Box popUP poem challenge for National Poetry Day
Roar Squeak Purr: A Treasury of Animal Poems, ed Paula Green, Illus Jenny CooperPenguin, 2022 The Muddy Cat Squelch! Squilch! Squolch!The mucky muddy cat is so muddy muckyshe looks like a mucky m…
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A toast to this very special Laureate
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Poetry Shelf celebrates National Poet Laureate Chris Tse
photo credit: Celeste Fontein Today Chris Tse is stepping down from his role as National Poet Laureate, and it felt extremely fitting to acknowledge his vital contribution to poetry in Aotearoa and…
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Also, a really good poem is like the Tardis: small on the outside, huge on the inside.
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Tonight!
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Poetry Shelf noticeboard: (RE)GENERATION NEXT: THE POET LAUREATE STEPS DOWN
(RE)GENERATION NEXT: THE POET LAUREATE STEPS DOWN Join Chris at the National Library to mark the end of his time in the role with his reflections on the future of Aotearoa New Zealand poetry and re…
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Poetry Shelf noticeboard: Ōtepoti National Poetry Day event 2025
Visit the post for more.
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Poetry Box School Zoom Gift
The moon was peeping behind the treeat me on my early morning startI imagined it was singing a moon songof peace and love and pumpkin soup This term I offered a free poetry zoom to a school in Aote…
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Poetry Shelf Monday Poem: A Brief Dream Under A Summer Moon by Wes Lee
A Brief Dream Under A Summer MoonAfter Bashō 1. That morning I read some poems2. Could not walk far because of my surgery3. A wholegrain roll I filled with chicken and coleslaw for lunch4. Thought …
https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/08/18/poetry-shelf-monday-poem-a-brief-dream-under-a-summer-moon-by-wes-lee/
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Final feature in the series -
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Poetry Shelf celebrates The Venetian Blind Poems: a gathering of illness poems
The Venetian Blind Poems, Paula Green, The Cuba Press, 2025 When I wrote Wild Honey: Reading New Zealand Women’s Poetry (MUP, 2019), I built a house, dividing the book into rooms, and then mo…
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Perhaps one of the most special things I have done with other poets. Thank you.
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Poetry Shelf celebrates The Venetian Blind Poems with a collage conversation with nine poets
The Venetian Blind Poems, Paula GreenThe Cuba Press, 2025 Later in the year I am planning a number of Poetry Shelf live events to celebrate poetry voices in Aotearoa. This month I have a new poetry…
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Poetry Shelf Monday Poem: Uranga by Nadezhda Macey
Uranga I am up at Seneca’s tower, sliding in my shoes. The line between us is feeblekinetic sand black and shivering, holding ongrain for grain This is the landing place of exilemiddle of gla…
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Poetry Shelf Monday Poem: Uranga by Nadezhda Macey
Uranga I am up at Seneca’s tower, sliding in my shoes. The line between us is feeblekinetic sand black and shivering, holding ongrain for grain This is the landing place of exilemiddle of gla…
https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/08/11/poetry-shelf-monday-poem-uranga-by-nadezhda-macey/
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This is special! Thank you Eileen Merriman "Loved this stunning collection as a fellow author, reader, friend, doctor and human. Read my review here":
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Eileen Merriman
New Zealand Author
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Poetry Shelf review: Landfall 249: Autumn 2025
Landfall 249: aotearoa new zealand arts and lettersAutumn 2025, ed Lynley EdmeadesOtago University Press Sometimes I pick up a literary journal such as Landfall and dip and dive in over a few weeks…
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How special this book is - what a delight to share on Poetry Box
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Poetry Box Review: Guide to Rocks by Sacha Cotter and Josh Morgan
A Guide to Rocks, Sacha Cotter and Josh MorganHuia Press, 2025 A new arrival from the dream team Sacha Cotter and Josh Morgan is a top-delight book arrival for me and the latest collaboration is a …
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This book is a culinary star - just loving the comfort dishes the ingredients the way you can head off in a thousand directions!
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Poetry Shelf review: My Weekend Table by Gretchen Lowe
My Weekend Table: Celebrating food from Aotearoa and beyondGretchen Lowe, Bateman, 2025 oven baked salmon I like my fat cooking pot I like my fat wild heart Paula Green from Cookhouse, Auckland Uni…
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Poetry Shelf noticeboard: Janet Charman and Elizabeth Anderson launch 28 Days, a creative memoir
Visit the post for more.
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for children who love to play with words and imagine
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Poetry Box August Challenge: Imagination Poems!
Margaret Mahy had an extraordinary imagination – and her poems showcased this. Let’s dedicate our August poems to Margaret Mahy and let our imaginationsbound and bounce and slide and sk…
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Poetry Shelf Monday poem: Instructions for Performing CPR on Those Already Dead by Molly Laurence
Instructions for Performing CPR on Those Already Dead like kissing a dead fish.purple lips. &nbs…
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