Topic: Mad Poets Society Rotorua
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A brief history & list of publications
Founded in 1994 by Frank May. The Rotorua Mad Poets Society held it's first meeting at Monkey Joe's pub in Amohia Street.
It is one of the few poetry groups in New Zealand which meets on a weekly basis.
We read original and 'found' poetry, and write a weekly "theme". We read on Good News Community Radio on the second Tuesday of the month, and have a number of open Poetry Readings at the which members of the community enjoy with an 'Open Mike'.
We celebrate Shakespeare's birthday every year at McLeod's Booksellers, with readings from his works, and hold biennial poetry competitions for Intermediate School pupils. A selection of these poems have been published in a number of our publications.
|
Steamy Lakeland Verse |
c1995 |
| All Steamed up | c1996 |
| Letting off steam | c1998 |
| Mad poets, Mild poets, Wild poets | c2000 |
| Bubbling up | c2001 |
| A decade of poetic madness | c2004 |
| Celebration | c2007 |
| Te Reo Pohewa or The Spirit of Rotorua in verse | c2011 |
L McA-Str
said Te Reo Pohewa
Published in 2011, compiling poems from members' work and entrants into the children's poem writing competition.
All poets' copyrights are defined within the book.
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