Books: The Friday Poem – ‘Everyday Confession’ by Brian Turner

Brian Turner
02 Oct 2015
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Everyday Confession

 

After ages online

and hours in front of TV

he got up

because he supposed

he ‘had to do something’.

 

Brian Turner

Brian Turner

Brian Turner

Brian Turner is a writer who lives in Oturehua. He has played international hockey for New Zealand, worked as a golf caddy around the world, and is the author of books of essays and verse. Brian was born in Dunedin in 1946.

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