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  A poem for Auckland

  08.16.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  One of this city’s finest citizens has called for poems about Auckland’s Mayor race. Naturally I obliged with more than 140 characters. O Auckland my Auckland! Our fearful trip is done, John Banks has weathered every rack, the prize he sought is won, The port is (not) near, the bells I hear, the people all [...]

• Arts, the arts

  Dear Auckland,

  03.23.10 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  I’m sure you have many lovely sculptures, and some very talented artists, so answer me this – why is this hideous monstrosity of a sculpture still around?? It looks like John Banks’ lair, cunningly disguised as a sculpture-that-looks-like-John-Banks’-lair-but-couldn’t-possibly-because-that’d-be-too-obvious therefore rendering its true function totally inconspicuous. My brief research into the sculpture (I didn’t want to [...]

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