i’m kī (they/them). i’m a sex-worker-turned-tech-worker, and an occasionally-published poet & personal essayist. welcome to my corner of the web.
> published work
due to name changes, older work is not listed here.
2025
- [review, ish] messy, and empowered, and monstrous, about the samesame but different comics panel, in bad apple
2024
- [poem] in jerusalem, next year in bad apple
- [personal comic] Never Quite Home in Everything That Moves, Moves Through Another, also available here
- [guide] april is for poets in bad apple
- [review] Amma by Saraid de Silva in bad apple
- [review] kitten by Olive Nuttall in bad apple
- [personal essay] manual focus in bad apple
2023
- [poem] lesbian yaoi in spoiled fruit
- [poem] farm to table in the Spinoff
- [poem] what David Seymour needs is a stone top in bad apple
- [poem] william sutton’s saint sebastian in bad apple
- [poem] stairwell in Sweet Mammalian
- [poem] floodgates in bad apple
2022
- [poem] opprobrium in Sweet Mammalian
- [poetry microchapbook] em dash criminal published by Ghost City Press
- [poem] we saw carly rae jepsen in concert when concerts still existed and dedicated side b didn’t exist yet in bad apple
2021
- [personal essay] sync, line & hooker in Hainamana (2020), and in A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand. also reprinted by the Spinoff.
- [personal essay] coming home for dinner in Recipes for Resistance, republished by bad apple (2022)
> hire a goblin
i am often available for freelance creative and communications work in new zealand.
i’m a jack of all trades: i can write, illustrate, edit, design & format almost anything from spot art in books through physical & digital campaigns. i’m down to look at most project scales and deadlines. no project is too small — yes, i’d love to copyedit your fanfiction :)
i can also consult on accessibility, website development, and comms, especially around change, low-literacy or marginalised/vulnerable/disabled/legally disempowered populations, and things which are technically or legally complex but require simple, clear presentation.
i do this for fun! i do not have formal qualification — if you’re after someone who takes professional pride in being up to date with best practice, that’s not what you’ll find here. my experience is scattered through non-profit and community spheres. since i don’t rely on this income in any way, i only pick up what interests me, and generally offer extremely competitive rates.
my availability is limited and varied; flick me a message and let’s see what i can do for you.