Heavier Now Rain Falls Poem by Terence George Craddock

the rain is falling
wet upon the flax
where is resident
tui which drinks
sweet nectar not
from black bell
shaped flowers?

waiting tui for spring
maroon mature flax flowers?
or red green yellow flowers
nectar orange pollen stems?
where is the bellbird singing
with sweet thrilling chimes?

flax long sword
blade green leaves
bent over blown
by weight silent breeze
shades of rain wet
flax glisten in mist

heavier now rain
falls rich will be our green
grass lawns while tui
while bellbird shelter in
our temporal kiwi forests
while native bush pigeons

wearing noble plumage
flirts among Nikau palms
eats time ripe berries
near mystical golden
fragrant kowhai flowers

pristine 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 reborn memories sing
sing to beloved memories
of heavy falling rains
transforms blink enchanted
scenic glades bluff roads

leading to turn hidden
lost Karamea valleys
fast leaps downpour life
love in rapid runoff
streams rivers creeks
running in silver summer
sunshine to my homeland seas

Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
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