Sport 31: Spring 2003
is it good to hum, river?
is it good to hum, river?
beside the river i collect stones
who fall into the back of my car.
the one i can't carry we drag
by blanket.
through the bramble that the council have sprayed
the tongariro is a rotary motor.
each day of each month
of each decade there will
be the clash of water
& the soothing away of stone
at the lowest level
will be the trout
& a zoo of anglers
& we will say
this year the river is down
on its luck