A poem by US National Youth Poet Laureate Kara Jackson. i woke up and the day caught me in its mouth like a strand of yarn i am useful the motivation for a scarf, maybe some stitch started to be finished i will make up someone’s heat i will be a fire … Read more
A poem by US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo. The Fight The rising sun paints the feet of night-crawling enemies. And they scatter into the burning hills. I have fought each of them. I know them by name. From before I could speak. I’ve used every weapon. To make them retreat. Yet they return every night … Read more
A highlight of this year’s New Zealand Festival of the Arts are the collaborations between some of the best artists and creators in the world. Sam Brooks talks to artists about the work they’re making and what collaboration means to them. Whether it’s the relationship between a writer and an editor, between a choreographer and … Read more