National Poetry Day to celebrate their 20th anniversary this year

National Poetry Day celebrate their 20^th anniversary this year and to mark the occasion they’re publishing online poetry collection 20/20.

This collection of 40 poems by New Zealand poets represents the diversity and vibrancy of talent in our contemporary national literature, and includes Poet Laureates, Ockham New Zealand Book Awards winners and strong new voices from recent collections and anthologies.

The 20/20 Collection will be published in groups of ten poems on website http://www.nzbookawards.nz/national-poetry-day/20-20-collection/ between now and National Poetry Day on 25 August.