IV- Sonnet on a Lekythos

these jars were for pouring oil on husbands
when they’d died - so a widow could mourn
the shade delineated in ...

III- Sonnet on Shit

was it shit or was it snow - excrement
lies on the bridge that’s taken a week
to wear down to ...

II- Sonnet on the Towpath

the child turned three is drawing amoebas
the older kids make themselves comic strips
a young man starts tats like ...

I - Sonnet for a Seashell

which shell should we pick out of the storm’s wrack
some have windows smashed into the spires
others are volute ...

Easter 2016 - for Dr Salvador Venegas-Andraca

I

a monument
is a warning

an admonition
to be mindful

and not just
a memorial

the child climbing
the ...

The History of Haiti in New Zealand

I

the Kingmaker
Wiremu Tamihana Tarapipipi
first told
the History of Haiti
in New Zealand

in the midst of the ...

The Oriental Republic - a tribute to Juana de Ibarbourou

how long
does the sea take

the northern sun
lies low
on the 25th May

I belong
to a republic ...

The Dutch Republic

the Dutch Republic
has risen from the table

the plate the lemon
and the lobster
abandoned

a claw reflected
in ...

The Earthstopper

the earthstopper stops
the fluorspar night

his lantern
by the stream
tries to fill the dark

the dog’s head
has ...

Dis Al

a stem
a bird aloft
a yellow land
under a lot of sky
and a grave

that’s all -
the first ...