Have the words 'I'm just not a poetry person' ever left your lips?
Poetry can be intimidating, confounding, or straight-up weird. But Chris Tse says it's all about finding the right poem.
The New Zealand Poet Laureate gives Emile Donovan a crash course on how to approach reading, understanding, and loving a poem.
Chris is also the editor of Best New Zealand Poems 2023, a compilation of 25 poems by Aotearoa writers, which is out now.
Tonight's poems include:
- Crying at the disco by Chris Tse
- When You Are Old by William Yeats
- Make Sure by Jenny Bornholdt
- Duplex (I Begin With Love) by Jericho Brown
Photo: Chris Tse
