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My blog on the Melbourne Cup

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The New Zealand Country Poetry Recitals are presented on this blog with the idea of reciting some country poems that other New Zealand poets have written. They have also been included as a remembrance of New Zealands unique country heritage.


Recitals by the Sea are presented here with the intention of celebrating a few seaside poems.

My other Blogs
The poetry blog was published to include the text of some of the poems I have written over the years. Photos have also been included.

In my Elizabethan blog are Shakespearean works that I have delivered over the years. I have recited them in secondary schools and to the wider public.

The History Blog was constructed to share written text and photos about historical topics that I am interested in.


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