The Poetry fortnight celebrated by Rodney Libraries finishes this weekend, so if you haven't seen the poetry walls at your local library, you still have a couple of days left. We have heard that there are some loaded walls around the district. Wellsford and Mahurangi East both held poetry reading events. Maybe we can get some of the original poems sent through to us to post on the blog next week.
In the meantime, you will just have to be satisfied with an old favourite of mine from my University days.
CONUNDRUMS
Tell me a word that you've often heard,
Yet it makes you squint if you see it in print!
Tell me a thing that you've often seen,
Yet if put in a book, it makes you turn green!
Tell me a thing that you often do,
Which, described in a story shocks you through and through!
Tell me what's wrong with words or with you
That you don't mind the thing
Yet the name is taboo.
D.H. Lawrence.
Which just goes to prove, that some things were retained in my brain from those days of study so long ago. Have a good weekend everyone.
Ka kite ano
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