Poet Profile

Maureen Sudlow

Maureen is a member of The New Zealand Society of Authors, and writes poetry and children’s picture books. Her poetry has been featured in various online and print journals, and she has published her first poetry collection, Antipodes, which was reviewed in Poetry New Zealand Yearbook on November 2, 2015. She has studied online at Whitireia and with Alan Summers. More of her recent haiku and haiga are available on her website and on Facebook page, and her second book of poetry is forthcoming.

Awards and Other Honors: Her children’s book Fearless Fred and the Dragon was short-listed for the Joy Cowley Award in 2012.

Books Published: Poetry: Antipodes (Steele Roberts Publishers, Wellington, New Zealand, 2014).

in the wind
bamboo hedge
break-dancing

two oceans
stitched by foam
meeting place

albatross
caught between
sea and sky

wind-blown trees
shadow dancing
on the deck

old bricks
a thrush cracks
snail shells

morning walk
wondering what lies behind
each door

Credits: "in the wind" - Antipodes (Steele Roberts Publishers, Wellington, New Zealand, 2014); "albatross" - Antipodes (Steele Roberts Publishers, Wellington, New Zealand, 2014); "old bricks" - Antipodes (Steele Roberts Publishers, Wellington, New Zealand, 2014); "two oceans" - Antipodes (Steele Roberts Publishers, Wellington, New Zealand, 2014); "wind-blown trees" - Kokako 19 (New Zealand, September 2013); "morning walk" - Kokako 20 (New Zealand, April 2014).