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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

12 weeks of New Zealand poetry coming up....


http://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/2014/06/introducing-the-poets-of-new-zealand-.html

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http://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/2014/06/poetry-from-aotearoanew-zealand-1-bill-manhires-hotel-emergencies.html
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