Category Archives: Poetry

Winter 2019

Posted on May 28, 2019 by

The winter poetry cards have been posted all around New Zealand today. Look out for this latest card in your local medical waiting room, hospice, or rest home. They’re also available for prison inmates. Braille copies can be found at … Continue reading →

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2019 Poetry Competition Results

Posted on April 9, 2019 by

Time to announce the winners of the 2019 Poems in the Waiting Room Poetry Competition The 2019 competition winners have all been notified, and I’ve emailed everyone, who provided me with an email address, to let them know the results are out. … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Autumn

Posted on March 3, 2019 by

Welcome to the 2019 Autumn Poems in the Waiting Room poetry card. Mercy Healthcare has been extremely supportive and has offered to sponsor our poetry cards for the next four seasons. We’re printing 8400 cards and delivering them all over … Continue reading →

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The 2019 competition has closed

Posted on March 3, 2019 by

Now the competition has closed I can tell you we received 389 poems from 202 poets -a record number of entries. After Diane Brown agreed to judge our competition she heard she had been awarded a residency at the Michael … Continue reading →

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Summer 2018

Posted on December 30, 2018 by

Our summer card has been out a month now so a very belated welcome to it. If anyone in NZ would like copies of the summer card please let me know, I’ve got plenty to spare. The featured December poets … Continue reading →

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Our 2019 Poetry Competition

Posted on October 31, 2018 by

The PitWR trustees would like to thank  Otago University Press and Otago University Bookshop for their long-term support of our annual poetry competition. We welcome Karen McDonnell to our sponsorship team.  Karen owns The Wardrobe in South Dunedin.  Earlier in the year Karen opened The Wardrobe  for two … Continue reading →

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Only three days left of A Palette of Poetry

Posted on October 25, 2018 by

We close on Sunday afternoon, October 28th,  so if you fancy looking at some great artwork and reading some terrific poems get yourself down to Resene Colorshop in Crawford St, Dunedin. All the artworks are for sale. Red Dots mean … Continue reading →

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