Today we weep and today we hope nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/04/25/p...

Loved doping this! nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/04/24/p...

@rnz_news power out in west auckland yet again after a night of heavy rain

should I should I should fill the water containers - decided yes - 60 seconds later power is out!

Calling all children in Aotearoa who love writing poems - Poetry Box launches with a Giselle Clarkson review and bird poem challenge - I will write back. I will give away books nzpoetrybox.wordpress.com/2026/04/23/p...

Stall for ten minutes in the Poetry Shelf Breathing Room with this beauty: nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/04/23/p...

excited to be waking up Poetry Box nzpoetrybox.wordpress.com/2026/04/22/p...

just when I have picked up my children's book writing pencil I get this media buzz for Hedgehog and Goat. The same week I get a photo of a boy hooked on the book in nz. Children's Books matter so much - Poetry Box is relaunching soon! www.facebook.com/reel/2006099...

love the book! nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/04/22/p...

a moment to pause and breathe in a poem nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/04/21/p...

Some poetry listening for you over the weekend nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/04/17/p...

thank you @JohnJCampbell @NZMorningReport for your incredible enthusiasm, questioning skills, wide-ranging experience & knowledge, passion for politics sports arts life & yr ability to cast light on choices that corrode rather than enhance the wellbeing of our planet & people 🙏

BREAKING NEWS nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/04/16/p...

"For me, ‘Vergnügungen’ is not an advice column for peaceful living, but a call to action." nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/04/15/p...

this exquisite moment, carry it all day in a poetry pocket in yr mind and keep opening it nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/04/14/t...

Tonight! nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/04/14/p...

media rarely gives out detail on widespread Auckland power outages in storms and cyclones. Just lost power ten minutes ago. Again.

This weekend's Poet Laureate celebrations in the Hawkes Bay have been delayed due to the cyclone weather so do a slow linger in the Poetry Shelf Breathing Room with two of Robert's poems nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/04/11/p...

Fourth shortlisted poet! Have loved all of these - especially the three words they pick! Oh and the one sentence. nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/04/10/p...

Big fan of Cilla McQueen nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/04/08/p...

take time to poem pause nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/04/07/p...

take time to poem pause nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/04/07/p...

Here is my new series - need to work out how to get it back to normal size font for some reason it looks bigger like it is shouting!!! nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/04/03/p...

Take time out today and breathe in this sublime poem nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/04/02/p...

❤️https://bbc.com/culture/article/20250619-the-best-books-of-2025?fbclid=IwY2xjawQ36GZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFIQ2E3SGg4ejZhand1UjFPc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHvQXeNsiLFx84AYpKKaP5rpYvFcGdBkFINL_py01z0BcGrHbq4knWUa9RNHX_aem_iH5bRsSPUR5DwqVkbfECxw

love love love have been reading rereading rereading for days nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/03/31/p...

delighted to start the week with Emma Neale nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/03/30/p...

❤️ check out the placards - let these resonate across the globe in the hearts of everyone working and hoping for the wellbeing of the world 'They are furious' - Massive 'No Kings' protest against Trump underway www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

Loved hanging out with this book over past weeks nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/03/28/p...

Another great read! Both Erik's favourites and the book itself! nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/03/27/p...

a story based on real events 1976 the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo are active to this day it's 2026 and still the oil slick and the disappeared and the mothers grieving The Penguin Lessons