Paula Green
@paulajoygreen.bsky.social
poet, blogger, children's author
If anyone goes to the National Library Poet Laureate event tonight and want to send me a few sentences for a post-function feature please do! Would so love to be there but am soaking the Waitākere bush bliss - people would pay to see our extraordinary native birds sing and dance!
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
If anyone goes to the National Library Poet Laureate event tonight and want to send me a few sentences for a post-function feature please do! Would so love to be there but am soaking the Waitākere bush bliss - people would pay to see our extraordinary native birds sing and dance!
The other book that inspired November's poem challenge on Poetry Box
November 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The other book that inspired November's poem challenge on Poetry Box
The NZ Herald commissioned me to write this poem to celebrate this birth!
June 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The NZ Herald commissioned me to write this poem to celebrate this birth!
Ha! today I post The Living Tree review on Poetry Box (terrific children's book!) and now this in rural west auckland! So yes more power outages.
June 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Ha! today I post The Living Tree review on Poetry Box (terrific children's book!) and now this in rural west auckland! So yes more power outages.
loving this new song from the fabulous Billy Bragg
May 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
loving this new song from the fabulous Billy Bragg
. . . don't forget the 12.20 am fake vector call that woke me up . . . there are still salt and pepper power issues in west AKLD . . . just posted this on local FB groups
April 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
. . . don't forget the 12.20 am fake vector call that woke me up . . . there are still salt and pepper power issues in west AKLD . . . just posted this on local FB groups
I wrote and posted this one year ago and this wounded world feels even worse.
March 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I wrote and posted this one year ago and this wounded world feels even worse.
This just not good enough!
This Government is just not good enough.
This Government is just not good enough.
February 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
This just not good enough!
This Government is just not good enough.
This Government is just not good enough.
I'm halfway through featuring the 10 books on the Ockham Poetry longlist - each daily feature a mix of audio, poem texts & tiny review. I'm absolutely loving it, & rate each highly. All so different. All so satisfying. Who could possibly choose a winner? A toast to the ten poets!
February 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I'm halfway through featuring the 10 books on the Ockham Poetry longlist - each daily feature a mix of audio, poem texts & tiny review. I'm absolutely loving it, & rate each highly. All so different. All so satisfying. Who could possibly choose a winner? A toast to the ten poets!
this every morning, this
this unspeakable crime against humanity
as i drink my coffee with coconut milk
and bake another batch of scones
on my tongue the sour taste of the world
this unspeakable crime against humanity
as i drink my coffee with coconut milk
and bake another batch of scones
on my tongue the sour taste of the world
December 7, 2024 at 9:50 PM
this every morning, this
this unspeakable crime against humanity
as i drink my coffee with coconut milk
and bake another batch of scones
on my tongue the sour taste of the world
this unspeakable crime against humanity
as i drink my coffee with coconut milk
and bake another batch of scones
on my tongue the sour taste of the world
Welcome summer!
Rain washed away flowers but a surprise strawberry greets me.
The sky's patchwork blue, I'm reviewing sublime poetry, assembling blog posts, baking bread, maybe poems.
Tūī are still nectar feeding and singing.
Let's make this self nourishment week!
Rain washed away flowers but a surprise strawberry greets me.
The sky's patchwork blue, I'm reviewing sublime poetry, assembling blog posts, baking bread, maybe poems.
Tūī are still nectar feeding and singing.
Let's make this self nourishment week!
December 1, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Welcome summer!
Rain washed away flowers but a surprise strawberry greets me.
The sky's patchwork blue, I'm reviewing sublime poetry, assembling blog posts, baking bread, maybe poems.
Tūī are still nectar feeding and singing.
Let's make this self nourishment week!
Rain washed away flowers but a surprise strawberry greets me.
The sky's patchwork blue, I'm reviewing sublime poetry, assembling blog posts, baking bread, maybe poems.
Tūī are still nectar feeding and singing.
Let's make this self nourishment week!
Welcome summer!
Rain washed away flowers but a surprise strawberry greets me.
The sky's patchwork blue, I'm reviewing sublime poetry, assembling blog posts, baking bread, maybe poems.
Tūī are still nectar feeding and singing.
Let's make this self nourishment week!
Rain washed away flowers but a surprise strawberry greets me.
The sky's patchwork blue, I'm reviewing sublime poetry, assembling blog posts, baking bread, maybe poems.
Tūī are still nectar feeding and singing.
Let's make this self nourishment week!
December 1, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Welcome summer!
Rain washed away flowers but a surprise strawberry greets me.
The sky's patchwork blue, I'm reviewing sublime poetry, assembling blog posts, baking bread, maybe poems.
Tūī are still nectar feeding and singing.
Let's make this self nourishment week!
Rain washed away flowers but a surprise strawberry greets me.
The sky's patchwork blue, I'm reviewing sublime poetry, assembling blog posts, baking bread, maybe poems.
Tūī are still nectar feeding and singing.
Let's make this self nourishment week!
