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Jenny BloodJenny Blood

Jenny Blood is a retired Anglican priest at St Matthew in the City. She lives in Pt Chevalier.

The Friday Poem: ‘My mother’ by Jenny Blood

23 November 2018 by Jenny Blood

New verse by Pt Chevalier writer Jenny Blood.   My mother   My mother kept eleven glasses of water Beside her bed She would only eat bananas and tinned mandarins Her room stank She said they were trying To kill her I don’t blame them   Jenny Blood, 2018 The Spinoff Review of Books is … Read more

Categories Books, Featured Tags The Friday Poem, The Spinoff Review of Books, The Spinoff Review of Poetry

The Friday poem – Sun, by Jenny Blood

20 March 201618 March 2016 by Jenny Blood

New verse by Auckland priest Jenny Blood. Sun I found the sun shining beside me when I woke this morning so I took that sun and pinned it to the wall    

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