Natural history
By David Howard
when a youth impresses
his friends carry that impression
the way fruit does a bruise
the memory of fruit picking, cuffs
unbuttoned but not rolled up
birds are thirsty for Cox's Orange
swear words stick between the boy's teeth
The Jewel - David Karena-Holmes Waking this morning, I found our dogs had strewn the contents of a rubbish bin from one end of the house to the other. What to do? To spend a...
Lighthouse: Taiaroa Heads
By Marion Jones
The Keeper polished the many facets
of glass, lighted paraffin lamps,
filled a revolving drum to detonate,
when heavy cloud came down.