Winner of 2018 International Institute of Modern Letters’ (IIML) National Schools Poetry Award

Ilena Shadbolt, an Year 13 student of Queen Margaret College reads her winning poem, Vignettes.

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Ilena had the pleasure of reading her poem on National Poetry Day, joined by other notable NZ poets at Unity Books in Wellington. Find out where Ilena's inspiration for her poem came from at NZPoetryShelf

The calibre of writing is tremendous, go to School Poetry Award to read the poetry of the other nine finalists.

"Poetry is the new pop" - Jimmy Fallon

"Poetry is the new pop" - Jimmy Fallon

Rupi Kaur has created two poetry collections, the first one is Milk and Honey and the second The sun and her flowers. She is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. This is quite an achievement for a poet. Listen to her interview with Jimmy Fallon and the reading of her poem Timeless.  If you enjoy her poetry, both these books are available in the library.

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You can also listen to her read poems from her collection Milk and Honey.

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