Hawke s Bay locals share tales from life as cleaners
24 Dec, 2020 01:00 AM
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Napier poet Jeremy Roberts writes about his experiences cleaning at a university in the 1980s, Cleaning career, 1983. Photo / Warren Buckland
Hawkes Bay Today
Who knew cleaning could be so poetic?
Three Hawke s Bay locals have shared their experiences cleaning in the recently launched Somewhere, a Cleaner - Their voices in poetry and prose book. Napier Live Poets MC Jeremy Roberts has been writing poems for 40 years, but he was also once a cleaner - at uni and after coming home from his OE.
Though he had unique experiences, he said he d never thought about sharing them until he heard about the book.