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50 Poems by 50 Poets edited by Mark Pirie now available as a free eBook

Posted Friday, September 18, 2026 by Mark Pirie
Archived as Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Mark Pirie, 50 Poems by 50 Poets

In 2004, I edited a selection of recent New Zealand poetry 50 Poems by 50 Poets for papertiger new world poetry on CD-ROM in Australia.

The CD-ROM version included flash poems, visual poems, music and hip hop tracks and audio poems.

The anthology has been lost to New Zealand records, but I have now been able to make a PDF archival edition of the poems as texts for researchers and readers for future use.

The 2026 archival edition is published by Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop and is available for free download from my website.

 

 

 

 

Mark Pirie publishes 17 Football Poems

Posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 by Mark Pirie
Archived as

This month, I released a chapbook 17 Football Poems.

The poems were mostly published before in the anthology Boots (HeadworX, 2017).

There is the addition of 6 more poems written since that anthology appeared, including the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

The book covers the New Zealand All Whites, my club Nottingham Forest F.C., World Cups, the FA Cup and injury time as well as my own playing days as a teenager.

It is available at Lulu online bookstore.

Mark Pirie releases Songs for Her in new print edition

Posted Wednesday, September 9, 2026 by Mark Pirie
Archived as Poetry by Mark Pirie, The Night Press

In March 2022, I published an eBook of love poems written between December 2021 and February 2022. It was available as a free EP like Indie bands do at Lulu.com Bookstore.

In September, I decided to make the book available in print as well. The new edition can now be bought from Lulu.com Bookstore.

Mark Pirie releases new book Black Gold with Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop

Posted Wednesday, September 9, 2026 by Mark Pirie
Archived as Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Mahinarangi Tocker, Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, Hone Tuwhare, James K Baxter, Meg Campbell

In September, I released a new book of poems with Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop called Black Gold after a break of four years. The book is important to my body of work as it is mostly written in the local New Zealand tradition of poets and poetry and dedicated to James K Baxter who died early at age 46.

Previously my early poetry had been innovating away from this local tradition. 

Poets Hone Tuwhare, Kevin Ireland, Clive James, John O'Connor, Michael Duffett (USA), Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, Meg Campbell and songwriter Mahinarangi Tocker receive elegies. 

Poet and editor Tony Beyer says of the book: "[Pirie's] poems have real depth and maturity, and I applaud their consistent respect for and celebration of the life of poetry. Respect and compassion for people, too. Pirie’s work always seems to have been headed this way, with an accurate ability to make the personal universal.”

 

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