Rhythm & Verse

A National Poetry yearly event run by Lopdell House 

with a hand-made limited edition chapbook of poems by the poets

Date               Wed 14 August

Time               7pm with music

Venue            Top Floor, Black Salt Bar & Eatery (09) 826 0060

                        10-12 Todd Avenue, New Lynn  

Door Fee      $5 - cash [EFTPOS available on the bar]

 

Musician    Caitlin Smith ‘the famous underwire in NZ’s musical bra’ supporting: 

 

Poets 

 

        C K Stead, a towering talent world wide, awards far too many to mention

        Vivienne Plumb, skewers both ridiculous & miraculous of the everyday world

        Peter Bland, poet/actor, says ‘home is where the typewriter is or the stage’

        Ya-Wen Ho, dynamic performance poet whose lines go on and on and on

        Sue Fitchett, conservationist, Waiheke Islander, poet, author & editor

         Jenny Clay, runner-up: Kathleen Grattan Prize, Sequence of Poems 2012

        Heather McPherson, picks ideas from around her: earth, sky & politics

        Christian Jensen, member of Literatti, co-creator of Metonomy

        Makyla Curtis, co-creator of Metonomy, editor of Potroast, sr. editor of Debris

Hannah Owen-Wright, performance poet, writes multi-layered window poetry               

     Ron Riddell, Titirangi Poets & Wellington International Poetry Festival founder  

                  

     Saray Torres de Riddell, poetic translator, Medellín Poetry Festival organiser

     Ila Selwyn, poet who keeps rhythm & verse breathing