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Apr. 18th, 2005 03:22 pmGlenn Colquhoun
The Trick of Standing Upright Here
Not I, some child, born in a marvellous year
will learn the trick of standing upright here.
-- Allen Curnow
The skeleton of the great moa in the
Canterbury Museum, Christchurch
The trick of standing upright here
is the trick of using both feet.
( Being born is... )
( A Problem while translating the Treaty of Waitangi )
( Bred in South Auckland )
( Race Relations )
Gleen Colquhoun is a modern NZ poet: go read The Art of Walking Upright, which won the Montana Book Award for poetry the year is was published, 2002 I think. Lots of poems because I'm reading it right now and I'm loving it. ♥ And I promise they're not all about Maori and Pakeha.
The Trick of Standing Upright Here
Not I, some child, born in a marvellous year
will learn the trick of standing upright here.
-- Allen Curnow
The skeleton of the great moa in the
Canterbury Museum, Christchurch
The trick of standing upright here
is the trick of using both feet.
( Being born is... )
( A Problem while translating the Treaty of Waitangi )
( Bred in South Auckland )
( Race Relations )
Gleen Colquhoun is a modern NZ poet: go read The Art of Walking Upright, which won the Montana Book Award for poetry the year is was published, 2002 I think. Lots of poems because I'm reading it right now and I'm loving it. ♥ And I promise they're not all about Maori and Pakeha.
