Best New Zealand Poems 2024

Sources

Fleur Adcock: 'Thaw' was published in Collected Poems (Expanded Edition), Te Herenga Waka University Press, February 2024.

Jake Arthur: 'The Robin, or Nine of Pentacles' was published in Tarot, Te Herenga Waka University Press, June 2024.

James Brown: 'Amen' was published in Slim Volume, Te Herenga Waka University Press, July 2024.

John Gallas: '2. Call Home' was published in Billy 'Nibs' Buckshot: The Complete Works, Carcanet, October 2024.

Paula Harris: 'If you have ever had a delayed flight ...' was published in Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook 2024, Massey University Press, March 2024.

Rebecca Hawkes: 'Phyllodes Reveries' was published in Palette Poetry, September 2024.

Isla Huia: 'If I were a car, I'd probably still want to be a bird' was published in Catalyst 21, Republic of Oma Rāpeti Press, August 2024.

Ash Davida Jane: 'Geese' was published in Overcom 12, December 2024.

Philomena Johnson: 'Persistence' was published in not everything turns away, Sudden Valley Press, August 2024.

Lloyd Jones: 'Look at the dotterels' was published in The Empty Grandstand, Upswell, September 2024.

Anne Kennedy: 'Souls' was published in Takahē 110, May 2024.

Erik Kennedy: 'DARVO' was published in Landfall 248, November 2024.

Selina Tusitala Marsh: 'Resurrection' was published in Academy of New Zealand Literature, May 2024.

Talia Marshall: 'Postcard from Ans and the cocktail hour on the Underworld' was published in Whaea Blue, Te Herenga Waka University Press, August 2024.

Cilla McQueen: 'Window' was published in Landfall 248, November 2024.

Emma Neale: 'The Night Shift' was published in Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit, Otago University Press, November 2024.

Vincent O'Sullivan: 'That’s today, I mean' was published in Still Is, Te Herenga Waka University Press, June 2024.

Robin Peace: 'Star gazing' was published in Detritus of Empire, Cuba Press, April 2024.

Kiri Piahana-Wong: 'Storytelling' was published in Tidelines, Anahera Press, April 2024.

Richard Reeve: 'And the pukeko shall rule—rain poems' was published in About Now, Maungatua Press, January 2024.

Carin Smeaton: 'Dark passenger' was published in Hibiscus Tart, Titus Books, November 2024.

Robert Sullivan: 'Hoata: "Today's rain is like television static"' was published in Hopurangi / Songcatcher, Auckland University Press, May 2024.

Simon Sweetman: 'Girls and boys at the Havelock North public swimming pools' was published in The Richard Poems, Cuba Press, November 2024.

Stacey Teague: 'Tikitiki' was published in Plastic, Te Herenga Waka University Press, March 2024.

Zephyr Zhang 张挚: 'With friends like these' was published in Landfall 247, May 2024.

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