Tui Poems

307 Tui fele esechis Tagoreweb

...Tui fele esechis Tagoreweb
 
Thou art an oblivion in forgetfulness 
Pondering a wanderer for a long forgotten soul, my soul whence wills met
Henceforth, a life passed by within the blink of an ey...

The Book of Changes

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"The Book of Changes"

Thoughts arrived before words,
1000s of years before
the crossing of curves

always seen to be 
swimming upstream 
against the current

thou...

Wild Birds

...The Tui opens his throat and sings
A beautiful sound that summer brings
Welling up from deep within his chest
Bursting forth his joy expressed
He begins at dawn with throaty trill
Greets the mor...

September Spring

...Tui birdsong starts again, melodious warbling 
              bitter southerly wind still bites 
              sleet, horizontal and cold, flattens the daffodils
sudden rays of bright warm sunshine...

Albany in April

...From hills and orchard row to the Queen’s chain
  plume the toetoe, the ponga’s silver gild -
in planted grove and fertile dairy plain
  droved is the fatted calf and the earth tilled.
White ...

Aroha Nz

...this is my song,
  my love song of you,
    my land, my heart

             love for green ferns
                      silver beneath
                               volcanic lakes so deep
    ...

Nz Summer

...Pohutukawa red bristled rain falling

              Drifts down sienna cliffs floats on azure waves.

                 children swarm, hear the ice-cream van's song calling

                   ...

Haibun

...New Zealand's favourite bird is the Tui, also called parson bird for its ruffled white cravat - it is famously noted for various lyrical songs - consisting of
soul tuning notes -  intricate melodies...

Te Tui

...Kuikui kuku ana
Ou parirau rerehua
Tukuna kia rere
Kia kautere i te Ao 
Hei kaitiaki hei kaiwhakamarumaru
Hei whakaruruhau mo te tira
Hei whakaruruhau mo te Marea...

Mystery Woman

...The mystery woman. What do you say?
And what did you think sending that word away?
Or even before, tell me -  what did you feel?
What made you to say it - emotions or will?

Your logic... correc...

Demise of the Flax

...Before you reach for your axe,
There are some facts you need to know about flax.

A Flax rope made well
Will get you safely out of the well.

With a little toil,
You can make money from flax s...

Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 42

...Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 42

Wrap the self in fear for the dark cloaks the beast
Shut the door on vile thoughts no fear will wild knock
Does Death need an invitation for fu...

Ad Amore, Ii

...Beatrice Discerno in te come s'agona 
                   la libertate onde 'l superno seme
                   da la fatal famiglia vi disclona.

                   Ora viatico non sia teco la spe...

Salvage

...Through wisdom and control
fear a reluctant challenger...

Side with me my courage...
All fools banished to oblivion-

Trail blazer mighty warrior...
leading the charge...

heart and soul in formatio...

Future Dreams/ Zukunftsträume/ Somnis De Futur (Catalán)/Sogni Futuri (Italian) Sentanka

...Your future dreams
Empty paper in your hands
Disguised as desire

Your words written in silence
Until the last sunlight vanishes

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