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The calm after the storm
I wrote this poem on my phone (there was not even a scrap of paper in my handbag, and I call myself a poet!) and uploaded whilst still on the… Read more
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Before a show
This poem was written a couple of years ago. My wife and I were at a Comedy Gala waiting for the show to start. From our seats, I could see… Read more
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What is a poet?
That’s a great question! A poet is an artist whose medium is words – the patterns, sounds, rhythms, conventions, and meanings. We paint pictures with our words, convey messages through… Read more
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Quick fire writing challenge 2
The second exercise at the New Zealand Authors Society Roadshow was a bit more difficult. With a partner, we had to describe a place while the other person drew it.… Read more
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Quick fire writing challenge 1
Today I attended my first New Zealand Authors Society Roadshow. It was great to be amongst a group of people with some similarities and many differences to me. One the… Read more
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A distracted mind
Yes, I am of the age now that I will walk into a room and on finding something I’d forgotten will have forgotten why I came into the room in… Read more
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Before times, in Paris
In 2016 I travelled to Paris to do something I had never done before….I asked the love of my life to marry me. And she said yes! I popped the… Read more
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The human / animal
Humans like to think we are somehow special, they stand above the other animals on this small planet as it spins in the foreverness of space. There is majesty in… Read more
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Lost in a moment
I love that feeling of looking up to the clock and seeing that hours have passed while I’ve been fully immersed in something. It could the feeling of being in… Read more
Angele Toomey Poetry 