Seaweek Poetry Winners- Junior
Over 150 poems were entered in the Canterbury/ Waitaha Seaweek 2023 Poetry Competition and many more were written over the weeks leading...
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Feb 15, 20233 min read
Poetry tips and tricks!
With lots of opportunities open to inspire you to pen a poem, we have a some tips as you get started. The Seaweek Poetry Competition is...
Feb 7, 20231 min read
Toi Moana-Toi Tangata -Connect with our Seas through Poetry.
We are really excited to be working with Environment Canterbury and Seaweek once again for the Canterbury/ Waitaha Seaweek 2023 Poetry...
Dec 12, 20222 min read
Sleigh Bells in Summer?
More festive writing generated during Write On School for Young Writers workshops at Heathcote Valley School! Here are some special...
Nov 7, 20222 min read
More Moments and Milestones : Found Poems
During the Christchurch Heritage Festival in October, we ran three masterclasses exploring both the heritage of inner city Ōtautahi...
Oct 31, 20222 min read
Moments and Milestones : Found Poems
Last week, during the Christchurch Heritage Festival, we ran three masterclasses exploring both the heritage of inner city Ōtautahi...
Oct 27, 20223 min read
Moments and Milestones: Christchurch Heritage Week 2022
Last week, during the Christchurch Heritage Festival, we ran three masterclasses exploring both the heritage of inner city Ōtautahi...
Aug 17, 20222 min read
Even more poems for Matariki
Matariki is still in our skies and we have even more wonderful poems to share from our Heathcote Valley writers.
Aug 4, 20221 min read
The right writer...
Editing is an exacting part of the writing and publishing process. It’s a job that takes many hands and many eyes. Very occasionally,...
Jun 22, 20223 min read
Poems for Matariki #3 Star Memories
Our fabulous young writers from Heathcote Valley School drew on memories to write some amazing star gazing poems! Stormy disguise Wind...
Jun 21, 20222 min read
Poems for Matariki #2: "If stars ..." poems
by the Heathcote Valley School Writing Stars! If stars were mushrooms If stars were mushrooms and the sky a pine needle forest with...
Jun 20, 20221 min read
Poems for Matariki #1: Dear Ancestor
Our wonderful Write On writers at Heathcote Valley School were wondering about their whakapapa at Matariki. Dear Ancestor, I don’t know...
Jun 19, 20222 min read
Voices for the Planet: Two Poetry Prompts
We invited our poetry expert, Gail Ingram, to contribute a couple of prompts for aspiring poets. Gail is an acclaimed poet and sought...
Jun 17, 20222 min read
Voices for the Planet: 3 more Choice Poetry Tips
We invited our wonderful poetry expert, Gail Ingram, to contribute a couple of tips for aspiring poets. Gail gave us SEVEN tips! Here are...
Jun 12, 20223 min read
Voices for the Planet: 4 Choice Poetry Tips
Tips for poetry writing for the planet
Mar 6, 20221 min read
Food For Thought Poetry competition
Yum! Our mouths are watering! Entries are starting to arrive for our latest poetry competition. Write a poem about kai. It could be...
Jan 5, 20221 min read
Who is watching you?
I See I see a bee sitting in a tree Bee sees a daisy growing next to me Daisy sees a flea perched on my knee Flea sees me staring at a...
Dec 13, 20211 min read
A Writer's Wand
A WRITER’S WAND words spread across the page because of you I have a companion a friend if I lost you I would stop the words would stay...
Nov 27, 20211 min read
Heritage: The Worcester Boulevard
Green trees cast a shadow over the concrete, the sun blankets everything with a faint sheen, an ancient building stood behind, in the...
Nov 4, 20211 min read
Reduced to stones
Written during a Write On masterclass at The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora, this gorgeous extract is from a longer piece of point of...
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