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Tusiata Avia is our best out-loud reader of poetry, so I guess it's ironic that a video of her poem is what really set people off She got under your skin, lol, most poets are lucky if they even leave a scratch and that's on willing listeners who were not seeking to be outraged.

Holy shiiiiii, this two songs rule. Lofi brag rap that tickles this rhyme nerd. Cardboard | passport ☑️

I think lawns are more pedicured than manicured but let’s not get into it.

‘There's shoot-outs and fist fights by night in the graveyard, multi-car pile-ups by day. And the freight train derailed and sank in the lake. Like a lobster it bubbles away.’ Grandaddy, ‘In the Town Where I’m Livin Now’ (2023). m.youtube.com/watch?v=RGOHId…

Playlist at last of my 31 favourite ‘singles’ of 2023: open.spotify.com/playlist/533Gk…

MONEY AND HOW IT GETS THAT WAY A few months ago, during my hospital stay, a new friend gifted me two bottles of wine. I had known this friend was rich, and so when he left, Isabella and I looked up at value of the wine. Each bottle, it turned out, was worth almost a thousand

Tonight. I will be the little down-ramp to launch this time trialist of a book. Slim! Aerodynamic! Pacy!

'Do not send a poet.' Nick Ascroft's speech at the launch for a new poetry collection by James Brown was part launch speech, part manifesto, and well worth a read. teherengawakapress.co.nz/the-thwup-blog…

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Print run of three! Ambitious.