My entry for this years Pulp Literature poetry contest. Made the top ten. Sand Angels The afternoon sun produces little warmth. The ocean wind cuts with the pain of midwinter. Elderly couples walk their dogs along the sand, their beasts avoiding the rough rolling seas. Children wrapped in layers until near immobility are herded down […]
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My entry for the 2015 Magpie Award for Poetry from Pulp Literature. I made the shortlist this year, which is something considering I’m not a poet. Northland Ada Maria Soto Whakaangi February cicadas in full, desperate, mating frenzy Drown out even the western winds Screaming over Doubtless Bay. The birds have […]
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Pulp Literature Magpie Award for Poetry 2014 Honourable Mention Riverbank Autumn The walnuts split simply between two stones under the pomegranate tree. Winter We never found the toy soldiers sunk in the irrigation mud between one summer day and the next. Spring Mary mother in the garden. Pale stone and virgin, beneath the red […]
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