Bio

Maris O'Rourke has been writing about 5 years and published in a range of journals in NZ and overseas. She has been well placed in a number of competitions including the Caselberg, Robert Burns, SIWA, the Kevin Ireland and Matariki. Maris has been a guest poet in Poetry NZ and 'a fine line' and her work was included in the play 'Aotearoa Found in Translation'.

Maris's first children's book 'Lillibutt's Big Adventure' was published in 2012 (Duck Creek Press) and her first poetry collection 'Singing With Both Throats' was published in 2013 (David Ling). Her second children's book 'Lillibutt's Te Araroa Adventure' has been accepted for publication in 2014.

Maris has been featured on Radio NZ's Nine to Noon and Arts On Sunday. She has also performed her work widely including at the Fringe Festival's spit.it.out and the 2013 Writers and Readers Festival.

From
below
abyssal ice
frozen bodies surface
occasionally, stare coldly, transfixed as
you rescue corpses, cradle them far too long,
before pushing back below others
lurk, surprise moments
before sleeping,
before
waking.