Synergy is the key
to poetry
Jennifer Kathleen Phillips was born in the fifties in New Zealand. She was
12 years old when she wrote her first poem. She was encouraged by a family
friend to publish it, which she did. It was published in the children's section
of the "Wellington Evening Post" (view).
Subsequently she had a number of poems, stories and art works published
in magazines, news Papers, on the radio and internet. At the age of 13 she shifted to Australia where she continued to publish her poems in newspapers and magazines. (link)
She returned to New Zealand and studied at teachers college majoring in Art and maths. She has since taught a variety of subjects to all ages in a vaietry of settings Preschool, Kindergarten, Primary School, High School, College and Adults, teaching individual private lessons as well as groups and classes and giving lectures.
She was the only Hawkes Bay poet to receive a prize in the "Rod McKuen Poetry Competition" (1975) and her poem "Nothing is hidden" was read on Hawkes Bay Radio (view). While in Hawkes Bay along with others, she read her poetry at some of the monthly meetings at the "Cat 'n Fiddle Pub" in Hastings.
In 1983 she published her first book of poetry "In His Time". She has since published 3 more containing a range of her poems, songs and artworks. (view)
Her poem "Yesterday's Pain, Today's Growth" was published as a full page on the back cover of the "Reaper" magazine. October-November 1986, vol.68, No.5. (view)
In the 1980's she began using the computer and found it an effective medium for creating visual poems. Her first visual poems using the computer were published in 1992 (view)
In 2000 Jennifer began publishing her poems on a range of Internet sites including:
nzwriters.co.nz2001 - Her poem "Australian Gum Trees" was published in "Bending Light" and recieved the Editors Choice Award.
kiwiwriterscafe.com
www.ozpoetisociety.com
www.curiousrecord.com
www.wowwomen.com
www.daypoems.net
www.poetry.com
In April of 2002 Jennifer was the guest poet at a New Zealand Wine evening in Canberra. She shared her poetry with 103 guests (photo).
In 2003 Jennifer was invited to share her poems with a group of women at a ladies retreat in a Baptist Church in South Canberra.
In 2006 Jennifer gave a poetry reading at St. James Anglican Church in Holt, to celebrate Australia Day. She also shared some of her poetry on 2XX radio and was interviewed as a guest poet as part of the ANU Writers Poetry Slam talkback session.
Magazine publications with her poetry include:
Jurnalul Literar.Serie noua, an XVIII, nr, 5-8 March - April 2007 Page 19. "Poezii din cinci continente" by Aprillia Zank (view)Interviews
Charisma. 21/22 April. 2001. Issue 16/01
Charisma. 21/22 April. 2001. Issue 16/01
Charisma. 24/25 February. 2001. Issue 8/01
Reaper. October-November 1986, vol.68, No.5. view
People. July 16. 1969. Page 39 view
Digital Poetics - Interview with Anna Carr (Download pdf 48kb )Online comments include:Poetry -- an endangered species ? - Interview with Aprilia Zank (Download pdf 259k)
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