Takahē 73     Winter 2011

 

Editorial Brenda Allen
Letters
Fiction:
James W. Barnes No Nails Greg Michaelson A Van Full of Gandalfs
Allan Drew Future World Sean Monaghan Back from Vermont
Rocky Hudson Beasley St Blues Deborah Rogers The Girl From Nanjing Road
Fiona Kidman The Honey Frame Louise Slocombe Rose Tattoo
Samuel C. Mae The Race    
Poetry:
Chris Aitken Only Robynanne Milford In Nana’s day
  Silk Shoe Bay   Taken by a tidal wave
Lesley Ayers Afternoon Tea at Grandmother’s Frances Mountier Mt Vic Poem IV
  Remembrance Joanna Preston Lines composed some years after freezing my bum off at Tintern Abbey on February 29th, 2004
Medb Charleton Breathing Space  
  The Hardest Thing In The World   The cold, darkening
Melanie Dunlop It’s not our fault (sample) Julie Sargisson Africa
  She waits, above   The Lake
Linley Edmeades Fennel Winds L. E. Scott Life Evens Out
  Waikato, Te Awa   Morning Says Goodnight to Night
Stephanie Grieve Hemispheres Ila Selwyn a found poem from Sebastian Barry’s A Long Long Way a book discovered in the recommended section where I browse because the whole library overwhelms me
  Recovery  
  The Black Range Rover  
Vaughan Gunson over the fence   a purple pen
  the answer to first questions Barbara Strang Moon
Michael Harlow Reflections: in the wider world   Paper Roads
Bernie Kenny Recipe Bill Sutton Pluses and minuses
  Turning darkness into light   Poem for Tahi
Catherine Mair Adrift Richard von Sturmer The Fireball
  Conversations    
Cultural Studies:
Hayden Williams Panning Cambrian
Brenda Allen Talks with Christchurch Artist, Jane Schollum
Competitions:
Takahē Short Story Competition 2011 Judges Report
Takahē Poetry Competition 2011
Reviews
Guest Artist: Jane Schollum
Guest Fiction:Fiona Kidman
Guest Poet:Michael Harlow