Poetry

Wellington writer and performer Freya Daly Sadgrove has just published her first poetry collection, and is already hard at work turning it into a stage show. Lynn Freeman talks to Freya about her life… Audio

Poet Oscar Upperton has published work for The Spinoff, Metro and Best New Zealand Poems - and now he is about to release his debut book New Transgender Blockbusters. Audio

Charlotte Yates has enlisted 12 of the country's top names put Katherine Mansfield's writing, to music. There's jazz and pop through to soul to alt country, with artists including Lawrence Arabia… Audio

She exploded onto - first, the New Zealand then the British - poetry scenes after her first collection won the 2017 Ockham New Zealand Book Award. She numbers British Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy as… Audio

What poem has a special meaning for you? Audio

Senior lecturer at Massey University, Dr Jack Ross, joins the discussion why poetry is increasing in popularity during turbulent times. Audio

Every day for the first four months of her baby's life, Amy Brown kept a journal of poems about the emotions and milestones mother and baby experienced. Now she's out them together in a book called… Audio

The diversity of the world's languages is seriously under threat. One language is reported to fall silent every fortnight, and it's believed that by the end of this century half of the world's 7,000… Audio

Kathryn talks with kaumatua Haare Williams about a lifetime of telling Maori stories. He is a poet and artist, has written for film and television, a former broadcaster, the Dean of Maori Education… Audio

When people close to you die, often the phrase used is "I have no words" It was the same for Elizabeth Kirkby-McLeod when her father took his own life in 2012. But she's a poet and had to express her… Audio

Peta Mathias' new book Eat Your Heart Out is an exploration of love stories from around the world, intertwined with recipes that suit romantic encounters. Although, she maintains that anything cooked… Audio

In the lead up to He Rā Maumahara - the New Zealand Wars Day of Remembrance - Auckland Museum ran a poetry competition to reflect on what the wars mean today. Audio

Scottish poet and writer Michael Pedersen co-runs and founded Neu! Reekie! a UK arts collective which produces shows all over the globe and hosts take-overs for National Galleries, National Museums… Audio

Dominic Hoey, AKA Tourettes, is releasing his new poetry I Thought We'd Be Famous. He's also at a live event for Late Night Art. The twist? He'll write live poetry for people, who then have the poem… Audio

Joy Harjo is a critically acclaimed poet and musician and she is the first Native American to be named US poet laureate. Born in Oklahoma, Joy Harjo is of Muscogee Creek heritage, and often draws on… Audio

Dunedin 'poet provocateur' David Eggleton has big plans for his two year tenure as New Zealand's Poet Laureate. Since the 1980s the the multi-award winning performance poet, critic, editor and… Audio

It used to be a common skill taught in classrooms but has since be culled, mainly because it's thought learning words off by heart can stifle creativity. But research fellow Veronica Alfano argues the… Audio

It's National Poetry day today and that means it's flash poem time. The entries will be judged by poet Erik Kennedy, author of Twenty-Six Factitions and There's No Place Like the Internet in… Audio

After years of exile from Germany through the Second World War, in 1954 the German poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht wrote a simple poem called Vergnügungen or a list of pleasures. 'The Pleasures of… Audio

"The nonbinary individual is biologically nonbinary. The gonad does not determine gender. In the nonbinary individual's personal experience they have a deep hatred for their own body - promoted by the… Audio