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Looking back
- FAREWELL
- National Poetry Day August 21
- August Art at Mercy – Pauline Bellamy
- Poems in the Waiting Room Art wall at Mercy Hospital
- Dear Key Workers
- Autumn 2020
- 2020 Poetry Competition Results
- PitWR 2020 poetry competition
- Pocket Poetry NZ
- Spring 2019
- National Poetry Day, August 23
- PoARTry at Mercy
- Another National Poetry Day event
- Looking ahead – National Poetry Day August 23
- Winter 2019
Tag Archives: Emma Neale
September 15
SAVE THIS DATE NOW! It’s our fifth birthday in September and we’re celebrating!!!! Poems in the Waiting Room presents Four Poets at “Bellamys at Five” Come along and hear Brian Turner, Emma Neale, Fiona Farrell, and Kay McKenzie Cooke read … Continue reading
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Tagged Bellamys at Five, Brian Turner, Emma Neale, Fiona Farrell, Kay McKenzie Cooke
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And the 2013 winners are
Emma Neale is not only a magician with words but also with time. In one of her emails she indicated she wouldn’t be able to start reading the entries until late March/early April because of work commitments. And today Emma … Continue reading
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Tagged Booksellers NZ, Emma Neale, Jan Hutchison, Joan Anderson, Otago University Bookshop, Peter McCoy, Stephanie Mayne, The Star
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The 2013 competition
Only three weeks to go before we close off our 2013 poetry competition so keep those entries coming. I contacted our judge, Emma Neale, over the weekend just to remind her that we were in count down mode. Emma will … Continue reading
Spoonbills, ducks, molars and mist
I’ve been walking to work the last few weeks, mainly because the wind has temporarily abandoned Dunedin. When it’s blasting up the harbour I have no hesitation in catching the bus or taking the car! On Monday I was lucky … Continue reading
The Truth Garden
Last week a local paper asked me if I’d like to review Emma Neale’s latest poetry book, The Truth Garden. I declined because I felt readers might feel I was biased; Emma’s winning poem, An Inward Sun, from our 2012 … Continue reading
Our 15th edition – winter 2012
We printed 500 cards for the first edition and 5500 for our fifteenth edition, that’s quite an achievement! This edition features the four poems which won prizes for their creators in our PitWR 2012 competition. Just as a reminder: Emma … Continue reading
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Tagged Carolyn McCurdie, Catherine Fitchett, Emma Neale, Jane Buxton, Joan Norlev Taylor, Sandra Simpson, Ted Kooser, Vaughan Rapatahana
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Autumn news
Today’s Otago Daily Times had a lovely photo of Emma Neale, the 2012 Poems in the Waiting Room competition winner. The accompanying article acknowledged the other two placegetters but omitted mention of Carolyn McCurdie, the best unplaced Dunedin poet. I … Continue reading
And the winners are – – – –
Thanks to everyone who entered the inaugural Poems in the Waiting Room competition. Sending poems out into the world is an act of bravery. It’s all too easy to say ‘ I’m too busy’, or ‘ oops I’ve missed the … Continue reading
Here comes Summer
Many thanks to: The Lion Foundation for sponsoring this edition, all the poets for allowing me the loan of their work and, NZ Post for providing me with a bundle of free post envelopes in response to my application to … Continue reading
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Tagged André Surridge, Anne Powell, Bob Orr, Elizabeth Nannestad, Emma Neale, Jacob Polley, Lindsay Pope, Michele Amas, Nola Borrell, Rose Amy Fyleman
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Poems in the Waiting Room (NZ) 