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KIRSTEN CLIFF               
Writer, Poet, Editor, Competition Judge, Poetry Workshop Tutor    
Blog: http://kirstencliffwrites.blogspot.com/
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Writing Background
  • 2006-2014 – 150+ published credits in print and on-line (scroll down for live links to my work)
  • 2011-Present - Editor, haikai section, A Fine Line, The Magazine of the New Zealand Poetry Society
  • 2013 - Editor, Dream Speak, Per Diem: Daily Haiku, The Haiku Foundation Website (read my selections here)
  • 2013 - Competition Judge, Junior Section, NZPS International Haiku Competition (read my judge's report here)
  • 2012 - Competition Judge, Haiku My Photo Challenge (read my judge's report here)
  • 2009-2010 – Roving arts reporter, Bravado literary magazine
  • 2009-2010 – Poetry workshop developer and tutor, Giving Verse to Your Inner Poet E-course
  • 2009 – Poetry workshop developer and facilitator, Gifted and Talented Literary Programme
  • 2008 - Certificate in Creative Writing, Waiariki Institute of Technology

Magazine/Anthology Credits: Prose
  • A Fine Line, The Magazine of the New Zealand Poetry Society - September 2013 - "Inspiration through Collaboration"
  • A Fine Line, The Magazine of the New Zealand Poetry Society - March 2012 - "My Year of Submission"
  • A Fine Line, The Magazine of the New Zealand Poetry Society - July 2011 - "A Haiku Journey"
  • Bravado - March 2010 - “Timo Rännäli: Life with a Curved Horizon”
  • Bravado - November 2009 - “Colour from Floor to Seeling”
  • Healthy Options - August 2009 - “No-Stress Lovemaking: Embracing Nature's Way”
  • Bravado - July 2009 - “You've got to have faith: inspirational art from Janet Keen”
  • Fitness Life - January 2009 - “Massage Magic”
  • Fitness Life - November 2008 - “Belly Up!”
  • Uno. Central - June 2008 (and on-line) - “White Spaces: Artist Maree White”
  • Healthy Options - May 2008 - “QE Health: The Best Kept Secrets of Fibromyalgia Sufferers”
  • Uno. Bay of Plenty - April 2008 - “Paddling Proud in Pink”
  • Fitness Life - March 2008 - “Rocking the boat”
  • Meeting Place, The Quarterly Journal of ANZMES Inc. - September 2007 - “Talking books tell another story”
  • Bravado - July 2007 - “Profile: Lynley Dodd as illustrator”
  • This Side of the World: Tauranga Writers' Celebrating 40 years (Anthology) - 2007 - “Hand in hand: youth gambling, alcohol and drugs”
  • Meeting Place, The Quarterly Journal of ANZMES Inc. - March 2006 - “Coming Out Times Two”

Magazine/Anthology Credits: Poetry
  • A Vast Sky, World Haiku Anthology - two haiku (forthcoming)
  • Contemporary Haibun Volume 15 - 2014 - "Damaged Goods"
  • Fear of Dancing: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2013 - 2014 - "true north" 
  • Presence #49 - 2013 - "afternoon moon" & "stagnant water" haiku, "Songs of Change"  (tanka sequence with Seánan Forbes)
  • Moonbathing 9 - 2014 - "yes, i will live" tanka
  • Still Heading Out: An anthology of Australian and New Zealand haiku - 2013 - 7 haiku
  • Given an ordinary stone, New Zealand Poetry Society (Anthology) – 2013 - "drifting evensong" & "full morning moon" haiku
  • Skylark - Winter 2013 - "The Detour" (tanka seqeunce with Pamela A. Babusci) & "The Edge of Hope" (tanka sequence with Seánan Forbes)
  • 100 Tanka by 100 Tanka Poets (Anthology) - 2013 - "planning our wedding" tanka 
  • Kokako 19 - September 2013 - "return journey" haiku, "bone marrow biopsy" & "a rush of tears" tanka
  • Now This: Contemporary Poems of Beginnings, Renewals, and Firsts (Anthology) - 2013 - "first outing", "spring festival", "marriage ceremony" & "first winter's day" haiku
  • Fire Pearls 2: Short Masterpieces of Love and Passion (Anthology) - 2013 - "watching TV", "on moving day" & "a rainbow kite" tanka
  • Moonbathing 8 - June 2013 - "I sense" tanka
  • Skylark - May 2013 - "The Taste on My Tongue" tanka prose
  • A New Resonance 8: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku (Anthology) - 2013 - 15 haiku
  • Contemporary Haibun, Volume 14 (Anthology) - 2013 - "hair ties" haibun
  • Kokako 18 - April 2013 - "winter solstice" haiku, "on this last" tanka
  • c.2.2. Anthology of short verse - 2013 - "New Year's Day" & "silent" haiku 
  • Building a time machine, New Zealand Poetry Society (Anthology) – 2012 – "bus stop" & "his gentle snores" haiku
  • Haiku News Anthology 2009-2011 - 2012 - "drought" haiku
  • A Blackbird Sings, Small Stones Anthology - 2012 - "empty glass" & "gold moon" haiku
  • Kokako 17 - September 2012 - "hair ties" (haibun), "The Broken Latch" (rengay with Aubrie Cox)
  • Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka, Volume 4 (Anthology) - 2012 - "browsing', "planning our wedding" & "re-negotiating" tanka
  • The Heron's Nest Anthology 2011 - 2012 - "first winter's day" haiku
  • Takahe 75 - April 2012 - "That day", "One place a good song doesn't come from is the brain"
  • Kokako 16 - April 2012 - "first spring star" & "wind chimes" haiku, "today I thought about" tanka
  • Paper Wasp 18:1 - March 2012 - "shopping" haiku
  • Ribbons 7:4 - February 2012 - "as I'm driven" tanka
  • Presence #45 - January 2012 - "avoiding" tanka
  • Moonbathing 5 - January 2012 - "she advises" tanka
  • Eucalypt 11 - November 2011 - "editing" tanka
  • Ice Diver, New Zealand Poetry Society (Anthology) – 2011 – "tears" haiku
  • Paper Wasp 17:3 - October 2011 - "new neighbour", "hoping", "winter sun" & "extinguished" haiku, "re-negotiating", "so many ideas", "I lie still" & "each time" tanka
  • Presence #44 - June 2011 - "the weight" haiku, "I confide in her", "he creates", "planning our wedding" & "for today" tanka
  • Eucalypt 10 - May 2011 - "browsing" tanka
  • Kokako 14 – April 2011 – "homeward bound" tanka, "holy-day" & "at his gravestone" haiku
  • Pay Attention: A River of Stones (Anthology) - 2011 – "loading the dishwasher" small stone
  • Evolution: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2010 (Anthology) - 2011 - "coming home" haiku
  • Across the Fingerboards, New Zealand Poetry Society (Anthology) – 2010 – "power outage" haiku
  • Seed Packets: An Anthology of Flower Haiku – 2010 – "back and forth", "autumn rain" & "under" haiku
  • Kokako 13 – September 2010 – "she asked to have", "one side of the rose", "at the sheltered end", "open casket" & "walking to work" tanka
  • The Mozzie - September 2010 - “Our Weekend at Steve's”
  • Bravado 19 - July 2010 - "discovering" & "a thrush perched" haiku
  • Moonset 6:1 - May 2010 – "shirtless" haiku
  • Presence #40 - February 2010 – "locking the gate" haiku
  • A Fine Line, The Magazine of the New Zealand Poetry Society - January 2010 – "at opposite ends" haiku
  • Valley Micropress 13:3 - April 2010 - "after the gypsy fair" & "plaza Christmas tree" tanka
  • Kokako 12 – April 2010 – "Blackbird's pick 'n mix" haibun, "coming home", "karaoke night", "springing" & "2 am" haiku
  • Valley Micropress 13:1 - January 2010 - “At the Graveyard”
  • Moments in the Whirlwind, New Zealand Poetry Society (Anthology) – 2009 – "marriage ceremony" haiku
  • Narratives with Nosh – 2009 - “The Rush”
  • The Mozzie - December 2009 - “A Writer's Desk”
  • Valley Micropress 12:10 - December 2009 - "three moths" & "each side of me" haiku
  • Valley Micropress 12:9 - November 2009 - “Limerick”, “Our Weekend at Steve's”
  • Valley Micropress 12:8 - October 2009 - “Iris”, “A Writer's Desk”, "in his embrace" & "bowing to the sun" haiku
  • Kokako 11 – September 2009 – "perfectly pressed", "mowing the lawns", "at the red light", "waiting for sleep" & "therapy session" haiku
  • The Mozzie – September 2009 - “Writer's Reign”
  • A Fine Line, The Magazine of the New Zealand Poetry Society - September 2009 – "walking to therapy" haiku
  • Valley Micropress 12:6 - August 2009 - “Domain Road”, “Writer's Reign”
  • Valley Micropress 12:5 - June/July 2009 - “Lavender”, "teaching haiku" & "pressed against the window" haiku
  • Meeting Place, The Quarterly Journal of ANZMES Inc. - June 2009 - “The 'I want more' song”
  • Kokako 10 – April 2009 – "as our laughter dies", "thinking of you", "garden walk", "i follow her finger" & "a gap" haiku
  • Before the Sirocco, New Zealand Poetry Society (Anthology) – 2008 – "navigating" & "between" haiku
  • The Taste of Nashi: New Zealand Haiku (Anthology) – 2008 – "suspended from", "holding my breath" & "waka tua" haiku
  • Bravado – November 2008 – "day moon" haiku
  • Magazine – November 2008 – "emergency waiting room" haiku
  • Waiariki Today – October 2008 - “her face”, “summer preening”, “make a wish”
  • Kokako 9 – September 2008 – "Good Friday", "the shrub's id tag", "as I begin to sing" & "sunbathing topless" haiku
  • Meeting Place, The Quarterly Journal of ANZMES Inc. - September 2008 – “The Cracked Path”
  • A Fine Line, The Magazine of the New Zealand Poetry Society - July 2008 – "silence at the halfpike" haiku
  • Kokako 8 – April 2008 – "tending a gravestone", "fallen blossoms", "through the smoke" & "summer solstice" haiku
  • This Side of the World: Tauranga Writers' Celebrating 40 years (Anthology) – 2007 – "Papamoa Dwellings" ten haiku
  • Meeting Place, The Quarterly Journal of ANZMES Inc. - December 2007 - “Relapse”
  • Kokako 7 – September 2007 – "Good Friday" & "wind pushes" haiku

On-line Credits: Prose and Poetry

Columns
  • A Fine Line, The Magazine of the New Zealand Poetry Society - Haikai Section Editor - 2011-Present
  • Bay of Plenty Times - “The Write Place” - 2006-2009 (eight columns)
  • divaWeb.co.nz - “Kirsten's Column” – 2006 (ten columns)

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