Poem

 

Wanting to write a poem,
I pulled a sheaf of paper
out from the recess of a mottled kauri cabinet
and happened on the petals of some delicate blossom
pressed
pink veined
dead centre
on the thin blank page,
poem enough itself.

uncollected, © Riemke Ensing 1974, used by permission of the author. Recording from the Waiata New Zealand Poetry Sound Archive 1974

Born in The Netherlands, Riemke Ensing moved to New Zealand in 1951. A distinguished poet, Ensing’s life has also been spent as a tutor ...

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