Jenny Bornholdt
JENNY BORNHOLDT is the current Te Mata Estate New Zealand Poet Laureate. Her most recent collection is Summer (Victoria University Press, 2003). A new collection, Mrs Winter’s Jump, is forthcoming from Godwit. In 2005 she co-edited the anthology, The Colour of Distance — New Zealand Writers in France, French Writers in New Zealand.
Bornholdt comments: ‘ “Medical” was written at a time when I and various other friends and family members were suffering from ill-health. I hope the poem conveys how this coloured many aspects of our lives.’
Poem: Medical
