Erik Kennedy

Guest writer

Erik Kennedy is the author of the poetry collections Sick Power Trip (2025), Another Beautiful Day Indoors (2022), and There's No Place Like the Internet in Springtime (2018), all with Te Herenga Waka University Press. He lives in Ōtautahi Christchurch.

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The Friday Poem: ‘Individualistic Societies’ by Erik Kennedy

A new poem by Erik Kennedy.

By Erik Kennedy | 12th July, 2024

Edna Oliver May in Murder on the Blackboard (1934) (Photo: John Springer Collection/Getty Images)

The Friday Poem: The Foiled Axe Murder Poem, by Erik Kennedy

By Erik Kennedy | 15th April, 2022

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The Friday Poem: Young Adult Success Stories, by Erik Kennedy

A new poem from Christchurch poet Erik Kennedy.

By Erik Kennedy | 24th September, 2021

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The Friday Poem: There Is a Man Dancing on the Rudder of an Enormous Cargo Ship by Erik Kennedy

A new poem by Christchurch poet Erik Kennedy.

By Erik Kennedy | 26th June, 2020

Photo: Victoria Birkinshaw.

The Friday Poem: Out on the Pleasure Pier by Erik Kennedy

New poetry by author Erik Kennedy.

By Erik Kennedy | 12th April, 2019