After the Land March
Miriam Ludbrook
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Treetrunks like weatheredbones Stranded on the hillside By the forests’ retreat Supernatural nail-pairings Wafer-flakes, float, Telling of our profligate forbears. Are you worn by the tears Which flowed at your felling With no chants to propitiate Tane? He's had his terrible revenge. Where hillsides creep and slump Shorn sheep nibble A desolate land. Heartbroken Maoris stood While the smoke reddened their eyes Heartbroken’Maoris stood Too much . . . But now no more.
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Mana (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 9, 27 October 1977, Page 7
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77After the Land March Mana (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 9, 27 October 1977, Page 7
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