Tag Archives: Kath Beattie

Pocket Poetry NZ

Posted on October 4, 2019 by ruth arnison

Have you come across a Pocket Poem yet? Pocket Poetry is the Poems in the Waiting Room (NZ) 2019/20 boutique poetry project. We pop snippets of poems with accompanying photos/artwork on business sized cards. A selection of these cards are … Continue reading →

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Winter 2017 – our 35th poetry card.

Posted on May 27, 2017 by ruth arnison

Our winter card always features NZ poets and the prizewinners in our annual poetry competition. We’ve sent 8500 winter cards out into the world so look out for this burgundy poetry card in your nearest medical waiting room, rest home … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Andrew Paul Wood, Diane Brown, Jenny Powell, Kath Beattie, Margaret Moores, Rob Hack, Samantha Montgomerie, Stella Peg Carruthers | Leave a comment

2017 Poetry Competition Results

Posted on April 1, 2017 by ruth arnison

Time to announce the winners of the 2017 Poems in the Waiting Room (NZ) poetry competition The 2017 competition winners have all been notified, and I’ve emailed everyone, who provided me with an email address, to let them know … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Diane Brown, Kath Beattie, Margaret Moores, Otago University Book Shop, Otago University Press, Samantha Montgomerie, the art dept | 4 Comments

Our winter-red poetry card is on its way.

Posted on May 26, 2015 by ruth arnison

After a glorious autumn, winter has arrived with a rush. Never mind, we were all ready and prepared. The winter-red poetry cards were posted off this afternoon so they should be landing in medical waiting rooms, hospices, rest homes and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Brianna Houston, Catherine Fitchett, David Eggleton, Elizbeth Pulford, Hone Tuwhare, Kath Beattie, Leslie McKay, Pat White, Sandra Simpson, winter 2015 | Leave a comment

Braille and boxes

Posted on May 16, 2015 by ruth arnison

Amanda, from the Blind Foundation, sent me this cover photo of our Poems in the Waiting Room winter braille edition. The braille booklets will be dispatched on June 10. Sincere thanks to The Lion Foundation who are covering the costs of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Brianna Houston, Catherine Fitchett, David Eggleton, Elizabeth Pulford, Hone Tuwhare, Kath Beattie, Leslie McKay, Pat White, Sandra Simpson | Leave a comment

Spring 2012

Posted on August 22, 2012 by ruth arnison

Spring 2012 sees the publication of our sixteenth edition of Poems in the Waiting Room. The cards should be in every medical centre, rest home, hospice and prison in the South Island by the first of September. If you can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Greg O’Connell, Kath Beattie, Mary Cresswell, Mary Fitzgerald, Micah Timona Ferris, Pauline Cartwright, Rachel Tobin, Sandi Sartorelli, Sophia Frentz, Tim Heath | Leave a comment

Approaching autumn

Posted on February 6, 2010 by ruth arnison

I’m sitting at my desk sheltering from the 28 degree heat, thinking about possible poems for the winter poetry card while I have two and a half thousand autumn poetry cards boxed beside me! Unlike summer I tend to work … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Anna Jackson, Barbara Strang, Daniel Peace, Jessica le Bas, John Parker, Kath Beattie, Lynn Davidson | Leave a comment