This site contains a few pieces that use ‘swear’ words or relate to sex or other ‘adult themes’.

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  • 2026-11-07

    It begins

    Poems

    I arrange my shirts on the empty hangers / in my mother’s side of the wardrobe … Read more

  • 2026-10-31

    Industrial sound

    Poems

    The inlet lies almost calm / under a sky with soft paintings of cloud / The kānuka trees are oscillating their upstretched / dark-green tips lightly with the tiny breeze / Two or three chainsaws are … Read more

  • 2026-10-17

    No home for old men

    Poems

    … There’s no need to use abusive language / about the people looking after you, I tell him, / even if you do need the bathroom … Read more

  • 2026-10-03

    Subzero winter with underfloor heating

    Poems

    This morning I tell myself: / you don’t have to wish. Just notice. // There is the window I tried to seal with rags: / double glazing, warped metal frame. // There is the air purifier … Read more

  • 2026-08-01

    maintenance

    Poems

    … even a website slowly falls apart … Read more

  • 2026-06-19

    Literary Dunedin: a writers’ and readers’ guide

    Recently published
    Literary Dunedin: a writers’ and readers’ guide

    I made a page to show off some of the literary highlights of my adopted home city, Ōtepoti Dunedin. Read more

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