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Poetry Reading: Open Mic - Poetry in Motion, Wednesday, July 2, 2025
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Poetry Reading: Open Mic - Poetry in Motion, Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Here's a recording of my three-poem set at the Fringe Bar's regular Open Mic hosted by Poetry in Motion. I read three new poems.

Here’s three brand new poems from me at the regular Poetry in Motion open mic at the Fringe Bar in Wellington.

My first time reading there in a couple of months. I debuted three new poems which you can click on below for text versions if you’d like to read them first, or after, or read along with the recording:

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They are called The Centre-Right is Ick, Strange Hours, and Rip Me Apart Like A Shark in the Shallows:

Poem: The Centre-Right Is Ick

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June 22, 2025
Poem: The Centre-Right Is Ick

Let’s not speak of politics —

Poem: Strange Hours

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June 29, 2025
Poem: Strange Hours

In some houses the curtains

So make of that what you will — just trying to keep my hand in reading poems, as I’m more concentrating on stories, and even story reading this year. But good to be back at the Poetry in Motion event, always like it there.

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