The plant beguiles
the wall. The wall
restyles the plant.
The plant outlines
the wall. The wall
declines the plant.
The plant, the wall
the one, the all.
The plant. The wall.
wellington
On the hill
with a smile she slices
a path in the grass for the wind —
a machete of ice
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pic & poem rachel mcalpine cc by 2.0
A NOTE: Yesterday I strode up to the Mt Victoria lookout to prepare for a whole day at the New Zealand International Festival, four consecutive films. It was bracing! and at the top, a City Council worker was cutting the grass, and clearly enjoying herself.
Summer
we kissed in the sea —
now sand is smiling
in the carpet
haiku by rachel mcalpine CC BY 2.0 photo of Oriental Bay, Wellington, by David Leverton CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Sun
A slice of sun
on a mountain top:
this is the source of the light.
A man with feet
of melted rock:
he flies me like a kite.
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Rachel McAlpine
Poems in the wild—Rachel McAlpine 