Keen blue eye from homeland to sea

Aotearoa, where have you been?


Hunting with those long forgotten

Catching surge with ease


Heed the mountain’s call

Match prowess with speed


Dip a wing and plummet

Onrush of Kauri


The hunt is on,

For those long gone



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If I’ve not mentioned

That you look beautiful

It’s because I forgot my name



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As the great wave approaches
Time it and cut through

As the mighty Earth shakes
Steady and hold tight

When facing the impossible wall
Tear the ****** down



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I saw a tree growing in the earth
Before the sun
It's roots streched down
Fruit ripened and fell
Toward the past
There I lay my head
Upon the mountain

I saw a great wave approach
Gathering twilight
I gazed into the sea
Whales danced and sang
For our future
There I lay my head
Upon the moon


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One human sits in a box
Shaping the future

Using primitive tools
With exceptional creativity

Never completely satisfied
But foretelling a dream

Shifting the cosmos
One grain at a time


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Open heart, nestled in a hollow.  

Eagerly peeking through the green.


Sacred heart, will not be denied.

Sound the call when shadows invade.


Broken heart, achingly solitary.

Jump, and taste freedom.


Inner heart, bashful yet bold.

Stretch, and rise on shaky legs.


Morning has broken,

My heart.



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Old friend with knowing heart

These gifts of emotion deserve thanks


That which cannot be put into words

Flows from my being with blinding light


I give my humble gift to you

Let these hands of healing embrace


Softly and with a gentle reminder

Together we can be



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He said:

I can’t take it

I’m leaving


She met his eye.


He said:

I know you don't love me

I won't change my mind


She watched him walk out the door.


She said:

Bye




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Swapping knowing smiles

Big hug in welcome

Yet you slip on the mask

Eyes shifting in

Insides out



Tears in joy

Were never so real

Why does your extinguished presence

Descend into shadow

Of a crooked smile and ***** hands


I feel your echo



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Once you found me

Inside a tree


When you touched me I fell asleep

I dreamt of your love and it followed


Now I feel your eyes

The child that can never be free


Where they fled you’ll never know

Why the left I will not say


Here I remain

Hoping to be found again


Inside a tree




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We are not the biproduct of other people’s past traumas and errors,

Yet we wrestle with that legacy of inherited weight in our souls.

This is because we have the sublime capacity,

For empathy.



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