Thomas Golding Poems

TURUTURU MOKAI PA*

Liam now four
Plays happily by the stream
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Rest may be found
Only in the dead
In chaste stillness
They have no desires
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Water rushing, snarling, sucking
Trying to drag our feet from under
Stones shifting, move your balance
Hold linked arms, lean into
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Unknown country unknown love
Men and women watching
Sit by the window waiting
Sit near the heater wondering
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Truth is the Magpie’s morning call
Answering the Tui from the bush
The sound of wind in yellowed grass
Shaking leaves from autumn’s trees
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Gone is the growth which bloomed in spring
Vanquished by the hand of time
The house which cared for them is near
Nourished where the word begins.
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The brass donkey's head rears back
In perpetual surprise
Long necked beast tail erect
One day I'll take you out
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A word of wisdom you requested
Though inspires by a few drinks
It deserved an honest answer
A bar was no place to reply
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THE REVOLVING PLAYWRIGHT

Persona thrown upon the stage
The author waits
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LOVE POEM 3
Or The Sublimated Gardner

When planting Viola today
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