News that insurance companies are considering refusing to insure houses in flood-prone areas reminded me of “Written Off”, a poem from my 2016 collection New Sea Land. There is no mercy in insurance...

https://www.timjonesbooks.co.nz/2023/06/04/there-is-no-mercy-in-insurance/

#ClimateEmergency #climatepoetry #nzpoetry #poetry

What I learned from my year of submitting poetry to magazines in Aotearoa: https://www.timjonesbooks.co.nz/2022/12/14/what-i-learned-from-my-year-of-submitting-poetry-to-magazines-in-aotearoa/ #poetry #nzpoetry #Aotearoa #amwriting

Come along to the NZ Poetry Society 2022 Anthology Launch, 6pm tomorrow (Thursday) night at Good Books in Jessie St: https://poetrysociety.org.nz/2022/11/21/nzps-2022-anthology-launch/ #poetry #nzpoetry #nzlit

Because a social media platform is useless if it doesn't contain something that the others don't, here's a little bit of news I haven't shared anywhere else: I recently summoned the courage to submit my first ever poem to a literary journal, and they've accepted it. Officially a paid poet.

Yes, it's western-themed and a little bit horny and a little bit sad. Right on brand, eh. Can't wait to share it when the time comes.

#nzpoetry #cowboys #poetry