The Red King

The King was drinking in Malwood Hall, There came in a monk before them all: He thrust by squire, he thrust by knight, Stood over against the dais aright; And, 'The word of the Lord, thou cruel Red King, The word of the Lord to thee I bring. A grimly sweven I dreamt yestreen; I saw thee lie under the hollins green, And through thine heart an arrow keen; And out of thy body a smoke did rise,

Man And Dog

''Twill take some getting.' 'Sir, I think 'twill so.' The old man stared up at the mistletoe That hung too high in the poplar's crest for plunder Of any climber, though not for kissing under: Then he went on against the north-east wind--- Straight but lame, leaning on a staff new-skinned, Carrying a brolly, flag-basket, and old coat,--- Towards Alto, ten miles off. And he had not Done less from Chilgrove where he pulled up docks. 'Twere best, if he had had 'a money-box', To have waited there till the sheep cleared a field

A Philosopher In Christchurch.

(Karl Popper (1902-1994) . Indeed it was you, Karl, who left Vienna not a moment too soon, as it turned out, bound for Christchurch to teach philosophy and also, for terms, science in Dunedin. You must have wondered at the Southern Alps. Did they remind you of the Dinaric Alps in Greece? You did a fine demolition job on Plato's 'The Republic', a closed society.

The Four Queens (Maoriland)

Wellington. HERE, where the surges of a world of sea Break on our bastioned walls with league-long sweep, Four fair young queens their lonely splendour keep, Each in a city throned. The first is she Whose face is arrogant with empery; Her throne from out the wounded hill-side steep Is rudely fashioned, and beneath her creep The narrow streets; and, stretching broad and free, Like a green-waving meadow, lies the bay,

Earthquakes And Tsunami

Some scientists had located a missing geological piece. Therefore, They found a puzzle of plate tectonics in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. East and West Antarctica had spread twenty-six million years before. The rift between them opened one hundred miles due to this motion. The scientists had clearly described how the Pacific tectonic plate, The North American plate has moved at different points in time. As one plate moves, the adjoining one is affected, and some adequate Theories explain the plate movement and the changes of the clime.

New Zealand’s Great Alpine Fault

earth mobile surface divided into tectonic plates Alpine fault cross hair connects two subduction margins New Zealand continent sits on plate boundaries where ocean floor descends into Earth's mantle at this point surfaces of two plates making up South Island alpine fault fatally pressure meets Pacific Plate on easterly area of New Zealand is moving westwards Australian Plate on opposing

New Zealand

An earthquake struck New Zealand's city of Christchurch on Tuesday Burying vehicles under debris and collapsing buildings into the streets. Police announced a curfew and the city was shut down on Wednesday, Rescuers scrambled to reach beneath the rubble the residents. The quake devastated the spire of the Cathedral, and was a real tale. The buildings had collapsed, and the people were trapped inside. All around the city, this powerful earthquake strangely bent some rails, Moreover, it toppled the tall buildings and seventy five people died.

23feb Which Is Worst?

no sleep as many so many aftashocks and strong 6 areas in cbd Christchurch

Festival Haiku - Christchurch Cathedral Women Strawberry Festival

Christ church Cathedral Strawberry Festival the Cathedral is red on the cake Christ Church Cathedral Strawberry Festival the women's hands red Christ Church Cathedral Strawberry Festival she serves strawberry tea

Christchurch

It’s a small town. It’s only a suburb. But it’s a nice suburb. Sometimes a suburb can be a nice place to see. Flowering free kiwi city of botanic elfin trees. Cathedral garden

The Man From Ballinspittle

Come in me boy and I'll make you tea and I'll put on the electric kettle That's how they make you feel at home back home in Ballinspittle And take a chair and rest your feet this life's too short for hurry The happy man lives on for years because he never worry. If they have worries they don't show of problems they make little That's why they grow to ripe old age back home in Ballinspittle Out here it's go from dawn till dusk the clock it seems our master A month seems like a year back home and time seems to go faster.

In Westport New Zealand A Poet Is Born

who would have thought in Westport New Zealand a poet would be born who would have thought in rural isolated backwater a then bustling now dying coal town Westport New Zealand

23feb7 The Day After: Fragmented Reports

we have damage might be worse? with strong after shocks my street? flooded I have water from hot water cylinder but

Beware Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement?

How do we know? John Key promotes TPP sly Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement with hard sell dictatorship show on the road? The dictatorship roadshow forced down our throats "was not only protected by upwards of 30 police officers, but also by 40 members of the New Zealand Defence Force." Yes folks "The heavily guarded Trans-Pacific Partnership's (TPP) travelling roadshow came to Christchurch last week."

The Last Day

The last day you see the sun is not an illusion, It's your last day. Most people do not even know about their last day, But you know it. This day you will die. Most people do not know about their death,

Dwarf Life

Terry. Male. Short. Knowing. Aging. Sibling of Sharon and Annette. Son of William and Jessie. Lover of Chocolate. Ice-Cream. And Beer. Who feels freedom confinement and fear. Who needs friends sport and excitement. Who gives time energy and life.

Strange New Lands Confront With New Challenges

the statement is solid valid English immigrant settlers back in early colonial days seemed to favour a common type of construction architecture people use what is accessible close first in the days of horse and cart in many places people settled

23feb13 The Day After: I Too Suffer

I too feel and suffer for Christchurch like the floods in Australia so much suffering I pray hurt I also know

The Children Of Duhallow

The children of Duhallow where might they be today You will find some in Britain, Canada and the U.S.A. And in distant Australia Homeland of the Kangaroo And in cities of New Zealand Christchurch, Auckland, Rotorua. Some leave just for adventure whilst others leave for gain And you will find them in Africa and Portugal and Spain, In Holland and the Nordic Lands, in France and Germany, In Lands of South America, in Asia and Italy.

Misty Songs Of Yearning

This unseasonal cold and misty Christchurch rain; blows biting weeping yet stirs, the tempo suiting, separating Pakeha souls. For we are lost lifelong friends treading solo our last bittersweet summer wine; drunk separately, together, in long twilight, Aotearoa.