Poems —
people and places

Featured Poem

The Map Room, University of Canterbury
Through the west facing window
You could see the snow-covered Alps
Resting like two lovers
Under a white sheet toward noon.

You want to say, you want to lover
This island, its browed sky broad with winter
This temporary yearning of life
This map to another room.

1964: mountain culture aotearoa,
Winter Issue 2022