The Tararuas

The Rev. John Fairbrother

 

Ascending green,

               shifting violet,

                           stepping above

ribboned plain

 

Papatūānuku

             rising

                           inner sound

cast in blue

 

Wind constrained,

               following land,

                               moulding

siren valley

 

Waters making

             habitable space,

                         stone, sediments,

bearing human form

 

Five towns,

               horse-ride

                           defining, parochial

pakeha claim

 

Above, across,

            beyond valley floor,

                         alluvial lace,

mountains call

                          

© John Fairbrother
January 2015

Image The Tararuas, Jane Sinclair
www.janesinclairart.com