Fills View Window Of My Rooms Poem by Terence George Craddock

the rain is falling wet upon the flax
where is resident tui which drinks
sweet nectar from black bell shaped flowers?
where is the bellbird singing with sweet thrilling chimes?
heavier now rain falls rich will be our green grass lawns
while tui while bellbird shelter in our kiwi forests
while bush pigeons noble plumage flirts among kiwi palms
eats ripe berries near golden kowhai flowers paradise

fills view window of my rooms
soon the mighty rata tree should burst forth in blooms
how red crimson rata flowers flame before my eyes
how heavy West Coast rain now falls?
how heavy upon house windows?
how heavy upon metal homestead roofs?

how heavy while decades of memories sing
sing to beloved memories of heavy falling rains
transforms enchanted scenic glades bluff roads
leading to hidden Karamea valleys
fast leaps life love in rivers creeks
their running in silver summer's
sunshine to my homeland seas


Copyright © Terence George Craddock