Victor BillotVictor Billot

Victor Billot has published three poetry collections, most recently Ambient Terror (2017). He is a former socialist Parliamentary candidate, one-time editor of the Maritime Union magazine, a member of the beat group Alpha Plan, and collaborator with jazz pianist Bill Martin. He currently works for Otago University Press. Victor was born in Dunedin in 1972.

The Friday Poem: ‘The Hierarchy’ by Victor Billot

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New verse by Dunedin writer Victor Billot.   The Hierarchy Invisible homeless The dead Care worker Solo mother (bad suburb) Loan shark Bottom feeder Dolt Poet Casual employee PhD in Fine Arts Intern Experimental rodent Minion Serf Serf (creative industries) Mid-career journalist Ten years to go and holding on desperately “Between jobs” Climate scientist Aspirational … Read more