these jars were for pouring oil on husbands
when they’d died - so a widow could mourn
the shade delineated in ...
was it shit or was it snow - excrement
lies on the bridge that’s taken a week
to wear down to ...
the child turned three is drawing amoebas
the older kids make themselves comic strips
a young man starts tats like ...
which shell should we pick out of the storm’s wrack
some have windows smashed into the spires
others are volute ...
I
a monument
is a warning
an admonition
to be mindful
and not just
a memorial
the child climbing
the ...
I
the Kingmaker
Wiremu Tamihana Tarapipipi
first told
the History of Haiti
in New Zealand
in the midst of the ...
how long
does the sea take
the northern sun
lies low
on the 25th May
I belong
to a republic ...
the Dutch Republic
has risen from the table
the plate the lemon
and the lobster
abandoned
a claw reflected
in ...
the earthstopper stops
the fluorspar night
his lantern
by the stream
tries to fill the dark
the dog’s head
has ...