my nemesis lives in western springs. an aviananger management failure. most aggrievedin his undignified land waddle, like a toddlerin a marshmallow costume on the way to the buffet table of bread crumbs. I am feeding him baguette bits because they have no nutritional valueand also to escape mr flappy rage machine. also known as mr hissing noodle and…
I grew up a foreigner in my own country. I was born in Australia to Greek immigrants, but my parents were born in Egypt, not Greece. So I grew up a Greek-Egyptian boy in Australia, a cultural mix that was a target for racism. There wasn’t much room to fit in. In the 1970s, Bondi…
Anne Kennedy’s recent books are The Sea Walks into a Wall, The Ice Shelf, and, as editor, Remember Me: Poems to Learn by Heart from Aotearoa New Zealand. Awards and fellowships include the Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement in Poetry, the NZ Post Book Award for Poetry, and the IIML Writers Residency. Anne is the…
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Tēnā koutou katoa We know how busy December gets for many people, so the takahē team has worked hard to bring you our 109th issue early in the month. We’re sure you’ll find plenty inside from our contributors to challenge, delight, and move you, and hope takahē will find a special spot in your summer…
Tēnā koutou katoa Welcome to the August issue of takahē! This issue has been a work in progress as we embrace a digital approach, but our writers are as amazing as ever, and the contents brimful of energy and growth—so appropriate for an issue born on the edge of spring. The leadership and mahi of…
Claudia Jardine Photography by Petra Mingneau We talk to the author of Biter, published April 2023, our guest poet for Takahē 107. The best poetry, like yours, shows strong themes, perhaps what could be called obsessions. Theway you use ‘double-cab utes in an urban environment’ in pieces with completely differentsubjects was really neat. Would you…