Poetry for the soul

Poetry for the soul

BooksNovember 20, 2015

Books: The Friday Poem – Chum, by Brian Turner

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Poetry for the soul

Poetry for the soul

Chum

Likes, friends, the more chum

we spread the more our pond

fills up with eager, hungry fish.

Goodnight Kiwi doing some revenge bedtime procrastinating

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Hazel Phillips’ new book shares the secrets of Tongariro National Park.

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Cahoots workshop will be the first of its kind in Aotearoa. (Photo: Supplied, treatment: The Spinoff)

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Politics reporter

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Jenny-May Clarkson’s life in TV

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The Friday Poem: ‘Needing Religion at Nineteen’ by Haro Lee

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A new poem by Haro Lee.

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Our reviews from week one of the NZ International Comedy Festival

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Pooftas, dicks and bog women filled our nights in week one of the biggest comedy event of the year.

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A bunch of people

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A welcome back to old friends, Writers Festival guests, and a fresh wave of self help.

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Three book covers with textured backgrounds.

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Why I’ve told my principal I will not teach the new proposed English curriculum

'If the ministry is unable to provide us with something fit for purpose, it is not my job to compound the harm it will cause to my students, but to protect them from it.'

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