Elizabeth Morton is a noun-filching corvid, who nests with supermarket bags filled with words like “ranarium” and “turophile.” Her stuff is published in New Zealand, UK, USA, Australia, Canada and online. She is the feature poet in the Poetry New Zealand Yearbook 2017. Her own poetry collection, Wolf, was published by Mākaro Press (2017). Side-projects include penning bad rap music, studying the brain, and lip-syncing to David Bowie.
Elizabeth Morton reviews Flow: Whanganui River Poems by Airini Beautrais and falls in love with the Whanganui river as well as Beautrais' poetry.