TE MATA PEAK
WE drove up a narrow road Rounding limestone breasts, Climbing turf-padded shoulders ‘Above the skirting trees. Sun lightened those boulders Long since lifted from the seas To bear the bright sky’s load. Stopping at the last bend We looked back over the slopes To landscaped plains and sea. Buttressed by the hills, the height Gave viewpoint and safety; A world laid out for our sight And an easy road to descend, Over at the top we looked round And realised our position: Up sheer curves of limestone A wind rose from the river below. Suddenly too high and alone We must desperately go In search of the level ground.
Jocelyn
Henrici
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 946, 27 September 1957, Page 26
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114TE MATA PEAK New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 946, 27 September 1957, Page 26
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