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Poppin' off Pānui
"Pop off, Mum" (a pānui #1)
When you're not sure if your kid is mocking you or encouraging you
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In the grit (Reasons I withhold poetry)
When your lawyer forbids you from writing poetry, lol
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Have you ever been woken by a turn of phrase?
All the drinking I have ever known is merely distraction from drowning.
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Writing about Writing
A stand-alone section for those interested in craft with a tikanga | Te Ao Māori lens
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I will never sit on a panel at a writer’s festival and say that the act of writing is anything but spiritual.
When I think about that day, I often think about those people. I think about how it must feel to stand on the periphery of someone else’s terror and then get in your car and drive home.
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Okay, after months of deliberation, I'm finally making the move to Substack (Why?)
If I’m honest, I just want to write. But if I don’t publish, it’s like I’m missing something integral in the process of creation.