Always Becominging

Guest writer

Always Becominging is a gock-swinging, piss-drinking, transexual pervert. Her book I am a human being won the Jessie Mackay Prize for Best First Book of Poetry at the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.

The Friday Poem: ‘Gold Star’ by Always Becominging

The Friday Poem: ‘Gold Star’ by Always Becominging

A new poem by Always Becominging.

By Always Becominging | 5th September, 2025

The Friday Poem: I am a tree by Always Becominging

The Friday Poem: I am a tree by Always Becominging

New work by Wellington poet Always Becominging.

By Always Becominging | 12th June, 2020

An example of a bee that has not boarded a plane. Photo: Getty Images

The Friday Poems: Three poems by Always Becominging

A new poem sequence by Wellington poet Always Becominging

By Always Becominging | 26th April, 2019