Ascending green,
shifting violet,
stepping above
ribboned plain
PapatÅ«Änuku
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