Leah Dodd

Kia ora! I’m Leah.

I’m a poet and writer based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, or Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. Here you can find information about Past Lives, which is my first collection of poetry. I’ve also collected some bits and bobs about writing events and how to contact me, should you wish.

Enjoy, and feel free to drop me a line! Thanks for visiting.

Poetry

‘fake plastic whale heart’ in Poetry Yearbook 2023 – Afterburn
‘I have the money, I’ve been working nights’, ‘DARK ADULT ITALIAN STYLE’, ‘I could never have a sugar daddy because I don’t look after myself’ in Starling Issue 15
‘The past is another planet’ in Sweet Mammalian Issue 9
‘After, you buy pears and rolled oats, as if your world hadn’t split open then sealed itself up with a new glow and no scar’ in Pantograph Punch
‘oh, the places I won’t go!’ in The Spinoff
‘soulmates’ in Turbine | Kapohau
‘the things I would do for a Pizza Hut classic cheese right now’ in Stasis
‘marry me (on runescape)’ in Sweet Mammalian
‘guided meditation’ in Sweet Mammalian
‘I am the ghost of the IKEA futon couch’ in Food Court zine S08E01
‘all the leaves are brown and my heart is a free range egg’ in Mayhem
‘Country Music’ in Starling Issue 12
‘Spawning Season’ in Starling Issue 12
‘Last Call Nigel’ in Starling Issue 12
‘bus poem #2’ in Milly Magazine
‘clucky’ in Milly Magazine
‘‘Patched gang members in the Māori Affairs Committee Room’, 1979’ National Library
‘the mice and I’ in Stasis
‘tether’ in Starling Issue 11
ruination’ in Starling Issue 11
‘Freedom’s mum stole our Stephen King books’ in Given Words competition 2020
‘brain block’ in Starling Issue 9
‘do androids dream of gender equality?’ in Starling Issue 9
‘edge’ in Starling Issue 9
‘hi-vis’ in Starling Issue 3
‘soft cotton mornings’ 2015 National Schools Poetry Award