THE WORD IS OUT 

age back bid board

break burst cast class 

cries cry dated did

fit fitter fox glitter 

grown house last law

let lies lines look 

number patients puts rage

rank rigger right roar 

skirts smart source spoken

standing stretched weighed wit 

ward live haul flew

doors do done (ed.)

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outage outback outbid outboard

outbreak outburst outcast outclass 

outcries outcry outdated outdid

outfit outfitter outfox outglitter 

outgrown outhouse outlast outlaw

outlet outlies outlines outlook 

outnumber outpatients outputs outrage

outrank outrigger outright outroar 

outskirts outsmart outsource outspoken

outstanding outstretched outweighed outwit 

outward outlive outhaul outflew

outdoors outdo outdone (outed.)

[With thanks to Kākahu Kohuwai-Banks, Jimmy Fyfe and Kuini Scott who I ‘enlisted’ to help me write this list poem. You could say I outsourced some of the outputs.]

Rauhina Kohuwai-Banks

13/4/2026, Ōtepoti: toikupu #13