[tabby title="Poem"] One shouldn't loseone's head in this,the world gets ruinedand some survive. One can't acceptone to be that,a lottery is playedwith lives then. One mustn't guffawin the face of this,a humour can workwith some power. 'This is fine and...

[tabby title="Poem"] Once I knew about love when I was youngAbout passions unleashed, of dreams with regrets noneOf roses with myriad thorns, and drops of blood, a jar to fillAnd a nauseating chant from the entrails, sticky and syrupy, one...

[tabby title="Poem"] A shark sniffs the air,seeking its prey. Smiles are deceit,hugs weave illusions,until its grip tightens,and it bites, no matterhow fiercely you fight. A shark’s aimis to extinguish the light! To trust a sharkis to tread blindlyinto a darkened...

[tabby title="Poem"] Into a doze, post-prandial - Today imagination floats,uneasy scenes from lunchtime newsof rubble strewn where agèd starved,grave markers where the unnamed lie,armed guns and spearheads, leaving meballistic, rage with what should do. See filthy water children drink,sea ice-melt...

[tabby title="Poem"] Aotearoa, your spirit calls acrossthe sea,your long boats cut the waves,part the prairie grasses,we are one, life and death,long-suffering, triumphantthunder ripped asunder,star-shine together,Doers and Done-toabove the clouds. [tabby title="Poet Bio"] Celia Turner is a Loveland published poet in...