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“Island Song” by Zireaux
Paul GauguinRadio New Zealand is scheduled to broadcast Zireaux’s Res Publica, Book One, performed by the great Stuart Devenie, early next year. “Island Song” is a stanza from Res Publica, Book Two....
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“Wikileaks as Minotaur” by Zireaux
The Bullfight by Edouard ManetSong to Wikileaks Look how our matador falls in a cloud of delirious dust! See how our hero now crawls, dodging the bull’s angry thrusts! Hurry O horsemen he’ll...
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“On Meeting My Muse at Orbits Restaurant” by Zireaux
Auckland’s Skytower, with Orbits revolving restaurant: “…a place for doughty eaters / spinning a hundred and ninety-two meters / above a revolving earth…'On Meeting My Muse at Orbits Restaurant by...
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“A Dream Before Leaving to India” by Zireaux
The Harem Bath by Ernst RudolphSome lines about a dream I had last night: Its theme makes sense, for I’ve just booked a flight to foreign lands. The travel agent’s walls had posters of some well-known...
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“On Reading in Mumbai” by Zireaux
My dear New Zealand, so tiny and so distant…! Recently I read, with these persistent rains we’ve had, that unsuspecting walkers wading through the murky liquid streets — a trishaw driver, a serenading...
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“On Reading in Mumbai” (continued) by Zireaux
The Oberoi Hotel, Mumbai, India…continued a smoldering moon above the Arabian Sea, the streetlights lacing Marine Drive as we stood still in traffic; and a double row of faces gazing outward from their...
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Epic New Zealand Poem to Hit the Airwaves on February 9
Res Publica, by ZireauxJust wanted to let you know that Radio New Zealand will begin broadcasting Zireaux’s epic novel in rhyming verse, Res Publica — read by the acclaimed Kiwi actor Stuart Devenie —...
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“On Being Duped by Indian Reality TV” (Returning to Auckland Tomorrow) by...
A Turning Point in Indian TV: Amitabh Bachchan hosting the hugely popular Crorepatti TV game showI do not write of love that’s unrequited. No! I write of love attained then blighted. Of beauty gained...
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“The Exiled Mind” by Zireaux
The Exiled Mind by Zireaux In this passage, the California-born narrator of Kamal digresses a moment, reflecting on what it means to be an exiled poet with the task of writing an epic poem set in his...
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“Be Clear, My Throat!”— The Story of Kamal, by Zireaux
I’m going to tell you the story of Kamal…My dearest followers, friends, subscribers, re-tweeters, and most of all, my good readers and listeners: I’m going to tell you the story of Kamal — one of the...
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