Category: poetry
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Christchurch, Ōtautahi
I wrote this poem last autumn. The first verse came to me as I was travelling past Hagley Park on my way to see my counsellor. I’m still getting used to sharing my work with others, and I realised I had been holding this one very close to my chest. Trying to protect it from…
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Side Quest
I have spent my life learning a very annoying truth: there is so much in life we have no control over. I’m not saying this to absolve myself of responsibility, because the one place where we have the most ability to exercise control is over our own actions. I’m pondering this because I recently made…
