Tag Archives: New Zealand

Tuesday Poem: ‘Inheritance’ by Tim Jones

Thread the needle. Through you, pinnacle, pedestal, surge those who went before. Recombine the dust of generations. Carve initials into the ever tree. Darn the threadbare patterning. Tie off, cast off. A signature, a lifetime in four letters. * Tim … Continue reading

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Tuesday Poem: ‘The bottle of oil I was late sending John’ by Ian Wedde

From Three regrets and a hymn to beauty This poem will mimic ordinary speech So well, you won’t tell the difference, Even though ordinary speech would never say Something like that. Ordinary speech Does not know it is ordinary Until we … Continue reading

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Waking up in two places

IN THE SPIRIT of my dual-minded approach to things lately — my “Guten morgen” and “mornin’ mate” greeting each day – I must post two things today, one from Germany and one from New Zealand. First, a prologue, a personal story … Continue reading

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