New Zealand Poets on Video

‘Battle Rattle Sally’ by Scott Kendrick

nzpoetsonvideo — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:58:56 +0000

Video title: ‘Battle Rattle Sally’

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnOnMa8ZbwI

Poet: Scott Kendrick

Date: 2009

Video by: Helen Rickerby

Description: An impromptu performance by Scott Kendrick of his poem ‘Battle Rattle Sally’, from his collection Cold Comfort, Cold Concrete.

‘Daintree Calling’ by Meliors Simms

nzpoetsonvideo — Sat, 30 May 2009 01:57:35 +0000

Video title: ‘Daintree Calling’

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5r80hjvSNg

Poet: Meliors Simms

Date: 2009

Video by: Meliors Simms

Description: Video poem by Meliors Simms. Photographs and paper collage by Meliors Simms, Digital compositor, Dylan Culhane.

‘Non Linear Time’ by Meliors Simms

nzpoetsonvideo — Wed, 13 May 2009 10:21:55 +0000

Title: ‘Non Linear Time’

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIAkJVQ064o

Poet: Meliors Simms

Date: 2009

Video by: Meliors Simms

Description: Original video poem/digital story by Meliors Simms www.meliors.net.
The words are an excerpt from Two Kinds of Time a poem by Meliors Simms published in Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand, edited by Mark Pirie and Tim Jones (2009) http://ipoz.biz/Titles/Voy.htm.
The images are of text letterpress printed onto tissue. [Description from YouTube]

‘A Simple Tale’ by Stephen Oliver

nzpoetsonvideo — Wed, 13 May 2009 10:08:46 +0000

Video title: ‘A Simple Tale’

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=AU&hl=en-GB&v=JLQ7A1T1_VE

Poet: Stephen Oliver

Date: 2008

Description: A poetic take on the destruction of the Great Buddhas in Afghanistan by the Taliban militia near Bamiyan, in 2001. Truly an international collaboration, with stills by Swiss Christian Frei from his documentary film; reading and poem by New Zealander Stephen Oliver; music by Australian Matt Ottley; film by David P Reiter. [Description from YouTube]

‘Vivienne Plumb reads prose poems’

nzpoetsonvideo — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:30:09 +0000

Title: ‘Vivienne Plumb reads prose poems’

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1HsB1IkTnM

Video by: ppotrero

Date: 2007

Description: Vivienne Plumb reads prose poems ‘A Stressful Profession’, ‘Old Food and ‘The Cinematic Experience’, from her collection Nefarious (HeadworX, 2004).

‘Calling you home’ by Helen Rickerby

nzpoetsonvideo — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:21:54 +0000

Video title: ‘Calling you home’

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lq21OmFTF4&feature=channel_page

Poet: Helen Rickerby

Date: 2009

Video by: Helen Rickerby

Description: Video poem of ‘Calling you home’, by Helen Rickerby from Abstract Internal Furniture (HeadworX, 2001). Poem read by Helen Rickerby. Features music by Lucan.