Tui
 

sheltering rubus
strands of poa grass

moss of stones &
down of fern root

spray of slender twigs
purple konini

kahikatea berry
miro plum

your heart a rubus shelter
& the colour of your aroha

konini, kahikatea & miro

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aerial worker
musical stalker
phantom talker
buried water

beyond this song

rubus shelter
rabble skelter
hanging man
bloodied marauder

beyond the chortle

shaken hair
sacred feast
nectar fool
karo bloom

beyond the pa

the sky is breaking

*

reach out
stretch out

break off the ripe tirori

stretch out
reach out

to my waxing mouth

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©Doug Poole