Light Here, in fenceless New Zealand Sunday’s are for mowing lawns, long walks to the cafe for breakfast, brunch, where tea-strainers have been replaced by espresso machines and coffee judged by its topographical traceability. Retirees talk about climate change like it’s a memo on the fridge door. About e-books, they say things like: you’ve got… Continue reading Lynley Edmeades
Author: Lynley Edmeades
is currently based in Dunedin, where she is working on a postgraduate thesis on the poetics of John Cage at the University of Otago. In 2011 she attained an MA with Distinction from the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She has published poetry and essays in New Zealand, Ireland and the UK, and her poetry was recently shortlisted for the 2012 Bridport Poetry Prize (UK).
Lynley Edmeades
La Strada Roads are never busy here – the further south you go, the less narrative you see. It’s autumn – going south means gold. A gold that will soon turn to just tree. I stop to visit an old friend, her new baby. Another place, a new couple – I drink wine and relish… Continue reading Lynley Edmeades