tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post5929433833295492156..comments2024-03-29T14:45:32.326+13:00Comments on The Imaginary Museum: Poem for HoneDr Jack Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01805945600952222957noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-27185832864325081562008-03-15T09:22:00.000+13:002008-03-15T09:22:00.000+13:00Yes, I've seen it posted at his own blog, Reading ...Yes, I've seen it posted at his own blog, <EM>Reading the Maps</EM>, now:<BR/><BR/>"Remembering Tuwhare" (5/2/08)Dr Jack Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805945600952222957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-11794363366102924162008-03-14T16:37:00.000+13:002008-03-14T16:37:00.000+13:00The author of "Tuwhare" is Maps.The author of "Tuwhare" is Maps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-53284087906544497382008-02-25T20:23:00.000+13:002008-02-25T20:23:00.000+13:00Hats off to Mary and Vive Anonymous!For a moment I...Hats off to Mary and Vive Anonymous!<BR/>For a moment I thought it was still Hone speaking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-38339359671339677502008-02-25T20:20:00.000+13:002008-02-25T20:20:00.000+13:00Hats off to Mary and Vive Anonymous!Hats off to Mary and Vive Anonymous!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-39999209297950545742008-02-01T00:33:00.000+13:002008-02-01T00:33:00.000+13:00I was going to praise The poem by Mary Paul but th...I was going to praise The poem by Mary Paul but then I see this one by anonymous and its also a great poem!<BR/><BR/>Hone was Maori but he was also Hone!<BR/><BR/><BR/>I wish to echo -<BR/><BR/>Kia ora e Hone.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10272507198753290435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-3784963638394964472008-01-31T11:30:00.000+13:002008-01-31T11:30:00.000+13:00That's a really lovely poem ... You don't feel lik...That's a really lovely poem ... You don't feel like signing it, do you? I'd love to know who the poet is.Dr Jack Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805945600952222957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-16130740227917316512008-01-31T10:17:00.000+13:002008-01-31T10:17:00.000+13:00Tuwhare Tangaroa scuttles whalesand beaches fleets...Tuwhare<BR/> <BR/>Tangaroa scuttles whales<BR/>and beaches fleets of dolphins,<BR/>Rehua flies moreporks<BR/>into an overpass,<BR/>Tane sends chainsaws <BR/>to chew on totara:<BR/>let’s face it, Hone, <BR/>the Gods are bloody stupid.<BR/>They give, and they take <BR/>away. They were stupid <BR/>again, this week. <BR/> <BR/>I’m drinking Hone Hikoi<BR/>in the Harlequin Bar,<BR/>watching the TV,<BR/>watching them dig your hole.<BR/> <BR/>Hine-nui-te-po was a bird<BR/>in the pub at Mangakino.<BR/>Not the blonde,<BR/>not the brunette, whatever<BR/>their names were –<BR/>the other one,<BR/>the one 'with the dampness<BR/>of the earth in her veins'.<BR/>The one with the blackhead<BR/>on her chin -<BR/>the one filling an ashtray<BR/>in the corner of the pub,<BR/>under the dartboard<BR/>that had lost its numbers.<BR/> <BR/>You ignored her, <BR/>but she was watching.<BR/>At closing time she sidled home<BR/>to sew you a suit. <BR/>She had to leave room,<BR/>knowing you’d fill out,<BR/>with Common Room sausage rolls<BR/>and literary dinners,<BR/>with Kaka Point homebrew<BR/>and with hot air.<BR/>Years, decades passed,<BR/>but the suit was waiting.<BR/>You’re wearing it now<BR/>as they squeeze you into the hole. <BR/> <BR/>To write is to take<BR/>some little thing from death,<BR/>from Hine-nui-te-po,<BR/>'the Great Lady of Night'.<BR/>You took a dozen toi toi<BR/>and the rain on <BR/>a corrugated roof;<BR/>the Southern Ocean<BR/>and the walk down Highway One. <BR/>You left her a mound of earth<BR/>on the edge of Kaikohe,<BR/>and noon traffic backing up<BR/>to Ngawha Springs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com