The Friday Poem: ‘The Survivor Series’ by Michael Hall

30 Jun 2017

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New verse by Dunedin writer Michael Hall.

The Survivor Series

Jeff, I used to watch

the show

Jeff, I liked the first two well enough

I suppose

Jeff, I came back for a later season

Jeff, one day

instead of the island

it will be the planet

you will be voted

off

The tribe has spoken

Michael Hall, 2017

Michael Hall

Michael Hall

Michael Hall lives in Dunedin. Recent poems of his have been published in NZ Listener, Poetry NZ Yearbook 2022, and 1964: mountain culture/aotearoa.

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