This Twilight Menagerie

Edited by Jamie Trower and Sam Clements, This Twilight Menagerie is a celebration of forty years of a cultural institution that is Aotearoa New Zealand's longest running live poetry group, Poetry Live! From current poet laureate David Eggleton, award winning poet Siobhan Harvey, and the celebrated Vaughan Rapatahana, Elizabeth Kirkby-McLeod, and Kiri Piahana-Wong, to many more, this anthology marks a major milestone in the socio-cultural history of spoken word poetry in the country, through a rich and varied tapestry of compositional styles, forms and themes. Representing poets from multiple generations, this collection offers a distinctive snap shot in time of rich diversity in poetic expression.

David Eggleton ∙ Bob Orr ∙ Stephanie Christie ∙ David Berresford ∙ Emere Phoenix ∙ Brian Flaherty ∙ Alistair Paterson ∙ Ron Riddell ∙ Miriam Larsen-Barr ∙ Shane Hollands ∙ Katerina Makri ∙ Sophie Procter ∙ Lynda Chanwai-Earle ∙ Leanne Rattray ∙ Olwyn Stewart ∙ Jan FitzGerald ∙ Peter Le Baige ∙ Sam Clements ∙ Sophia Wilson ∙ Michael O’Leary ∙ Heidi North ∙ Susan Howard ∙ Kit Willett ∙ Layal Moore ∙ David Grierson ∙ Ian Andrews ∙ Dean Hiakita ∙ Jenny Clay ∙ Roger Hicks ∙ Lincoln Jaques ∙ Supreet Chadha ∙ Alex Djain ∙ Kate Kelly ∙ Rhona Stace ∙ Aidan Howard ∙ Michelle Chote ∙ Stu McGregor ∙ Richard Taylor ∙ Sherry Grant ∙ Edna Heled ∙ Stephen Oliver ∙ Peter Tait ∙ René Harrison ∙ Elsje Winnubst ∙ Genevieve McClean ∙ Jamie Trower ∙ Thomas Sesto ∙ Philip Muir ∙ Piers Davies ∙ Romy Hooper ∙ Alex McPherson ∙ James Crompton ∙ Vaughan Rapatahana ∙ Graeme Heap ∙ Ila Selwyn ∙ Lisa Lapa ∙ Stephanie Johnson ∙ Nick Inskip ∙ David Ingram ∙ Gus Simonovic ∙ Peter Rimmer ∙ Michael Morrissey ∙ Deborah Norrie-Jones ∙ Anna Forsyth ∙ Bryony Jagger ∙ Stella Peg Carruthers ∙ Victor Taylor ∙ Gary Mutton ∙ Judith McNeil ∙ Valentina Teclici ∙ Luka Venter ∙ Elizabeth Kirkby-McLeod ∙ Terry Downey ∙ Fleur Coleman ∙ Kiri Piahana-Wong ∙ Hannah-May Lee ∙ David Lyndon Brown ∙ Rachael Naomi ∙ Mike Johnson ∙ Katie Millington ∙ Piet Nieuwland ∙ Leila Lees ∙ Anita Arlov ∙ Jeremy Roberts ∙ Christian Jensen ∙ Michelle Durey ∙ Madison O’Dwyer ∙ Serie Barford ∙ Sandra Bell ∙ Kim Fulton