Hone Tuwhare ... Poet

New Zealand had a wonderful poet, sadly now departed from this earth, whose writings are inspirational.

I never learned of him until recent years. He spent his final years living at the seaside near by New Zealand home. I did meet this poet; a man with wisdom and a wonderful sense of humour.

Many of his works are delightful, most resonate with New Zealanders. The following is short; his use of words carefully considered, and used with greatness.

Wind song and rain by Hone Tuwhare

A poem is

a ripple of words

on water wind huffed

But still water

is a poem winded; a

mirrored distortion

of sky

and mountain

trees; and a drowned

face waiting

for a second wind

(a second coming?)

rain

oblivion

Ripple of words

on water.