For the first time ever Poetry Shelf is offering an open invitation to submit poems. I invite you to submit poems to a celebration of Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa |NZ Music Month 2026. The blog doesn’t usually offer open submissions!

Send a poem or two, unpublished or previously published is fine.

The poems will offer links to NZ music. Maybe subtle links, maybe a clear spotlight on performances, albums, past or present experiences, music anecdotes, memorable occasions. Over to you.

I will select some and create a music celebration post.

It’s a quick turn around and have no idea if it will work!

Deadline: Monday May 25th

Post on: Thursday May 28th

Send to paulajoygreen@gmail.com