Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 13, 2026
Grant Shimmin

Grant Shimmin

Grant Shimmin is a South African-born poet resident in New Zealand since 2001. He counts humanity, the natural world, and the relationship between them as poetic passions.

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About Grant Shimmin

Grant Shimmin is a South African-born poet resident in New Zealand since 2001. He counts humanity, the natural world, and the relationship between them as poetic passions. He has work published/forthcoming at Roi Faineant Press, Does it Have Pockets, The Hooghly Review, underscore_magazine, Amethyst Review, Dreich and elsewhere.

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  • Pigeon Bay

    Grant Shimmin is a South African-born poet resident in New Zealand since 2001. He counts humanity, the natural world, and the relationship between them as poetic passions.

  • The Rose

    "...all who took this path would too be helplessly entranced..."

  • Eulogy

    "...No shame in showing my love this way..."

  • Hills alive

    "...the day’s new sun rising through the Highveld’s haze..."

  • The history of sand

    "...Smoothed just enough to tell a rugged tale..."