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Three local women – friends with a passion for poetry – have again organised local events to celebrate National Poetry Day.
Diane Newcombe, Sue Courtney and Kristin Stock are all members of the Ōrewa Writers and Poets Group.
Between them, they have organised three events to be held in Ōrewa on August 25, 26 and 27 – all designed to get poetry out in the community.
They are: Poetry at the Pub, Poetry on the Line and Poetry on the Beach. All were cancelled last year due to the Covid-19 lockdown.
Diane Newcombe of Waiwera has been organising Poetry in the Pub for 10 years.
This year it will be held in the Sugar Loaf in Waiwera on August 25. It’s a chance for people to come and read poems, with coffee, wine and food all available.
Sue Courtney is coordinating the next event, Poetry on the Line, which will be held at the Ōrewa Library on the official Phantom Bill Stickers National Poetry Day, which is Friday, August 26.
This allows anyone to display poetry, pegged on a line outside Ōrewa Library.
The final event, organised by Kristin Stock, is Poetry on the Beach on Saturday, August 27.
Poets can write original work on the sand, decorating them if they wish with natural materials found on the beach.
This one comes with a prize of $100 for the poem judged the best. Event details in What’s On. Info: https://sites.google.com/view/hbc-poetry/
