New Zealand’s Patron Saint to Poetry – Paula Green – does many great things with, and on, her Poetry Shelf, but over winter this year she’s been posting a different set of ‘Theme’ poems by varioius poets. Each Friday a new theme. I’ve loved them, have shared them all.
And this week I was one of the poets – my poem ‘Trigger’ (named after Willie Nelson’s guitar and featuring Willie and Johnny Cash) was one of the poems Paula selected for her Thirteen Poems About Song.
A huge honour.
Particularly given the company I’m keeping there: Emma Barnes, Sarah Jane Barnett, Kay McKenzie Cooke, Cadence Chung, Lynley Edmeades, David Eggleton, Rata Gordon, Lily Holloway, Pippi Jean, Harry Ricketts, Apirana Taylor and Catherine Trundle.
Check out the poems – and the poets. And be sure to check out the other entries in the series:
Twelve poems about ice
Ten poems about dreaming
Eleven poems about the moon
Twelve poems about knitting
Ten poems about water
Twelve poems about faraway
Fourteen poems about walking
Twelve poems about food
Thirteen poems about home
Ten poems about edge
Eleven poems about breakfast
Twelve poems about kindness
Thirteen poems about light
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