Birds are far too fond of fruit in my greenhouse They love the grapes, pressing below the glass, ripe ones weeping juice A bird bolts out as I approach Repeat offender. #RāmereShorts

He was starving But the door was bolted above and below Repeated pressing of the bell to no avail He could see the fruit In the crates Abandoned, slowly rotting It would make you weep Read NZ Te Pou Muramura #RāmereShorts

Kia ora and welcome to #RāmereShorts! How to play: read-nz.org/what-we-do/ram… Today's words are selected from Jenna Heller's 'Drawing lots': digging, earthworms, dance, dark, mythology, lurking Read the original poem: nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/01/29/poe…

Nā Rongo my fingers digging, calling mythology to dance in dark soil, cultivate like earthworms lurking #Rāmereshorts

Read NZ Te Pou Muramura The tales from mythology of monsters lurking scared us senseless but still we left to dance in the dark with the earthworms digging underneath #RāmereShorts

a canopy of lies protects the dark lurking in my soul through earthworms I find a dance too sweet to slither and slide digging through, making holes mythology protects a truth too deep #RāmereShorts

a dark dance yet i sit lurking mythology moves me never digging up out up away one with the earthworms send me down to the depths darkest #RāmereShorts

Kia ora and welcome to #RāmereShorts! How to play: read-nz.org/what-we-do/ram… Today's words are selected from Te Kahu Rolleston's 'Waitangi Day': feather, recite, paddle, thirst, echoes, bond Watch the original poem: youtube.com/watch?v=i2uBfr…

Read NZ Te Pou Muramura In this waka a thirst for knowledge creates a bond The huia feathers flutter as we paddle through echoes and recite the ancient whakatauki #RāmereShorts

It's the Hallmark holiday nobody really loves: but this Valentine's Day, it's time to bring back a steamy summer fling. Find your perfect match: read-nz.org/news/article/y…

Kia ora and welcome to #RāmereShorts! How to play: read-nz.org/what-we-do/ram… Today's words are selected from Jenny Bornholdt's 'Poem': imagining, warm, circling, silences, stars, blue Read the original poem: nzpoetryshelf.com/2021/08/13/poe…

Imagining a warm encircling amid the silences, stars appearing early in the blue evening hue as I wait here for you. #ramereshorts

my blue eyes prefer stars prefer star gazing silences circling the cosmos i’m the warm blue seeking cold blue riding our pale blue dot #RāmereShorts

Read NZ Te Pou Muramura Penny for your thoughts, I whisper. Imagining countless stars circling you say, As we gaze in separate silences At the warm blue above #RāmereShorts

Auckland writers: book your place in our annual Summer Writing Seminars on Saturday 1 March – this year with workshops! Teachers: Paula Morris, Selina Tusitala Marsh, Tom Moody, Ruby Porter, Gavin Strawhan, Sophie van Waardenberg. eventbrite.co.nz/e/summer-writi…

Pōneke dwellers: come along to be inspired by Alan Dingley’s reflections as he nears the end of his term as Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador. This is a free talk, from 5.45pm 19 March at National Library Wellington. Please RSVP to attend: [email protected]

Passionate about young people discovering the joy of reading? So are we! 🤩 Tune in at around 10.45am for our CEO Juliet Blyth speaking briefly about our latest research findings on this morning's Easter Monday with Paddy Gower @Radio New Zealand. 📻️