Pacific pantoum
By Waiata Dawn Davies
That ancient sea god Tangaroa
dreaming, stirred in his ocean bed
his stirring shook the whole earth's core
and from his stirring ripples spread
dreaming stirred his ocean bed
pulsed relentless wide and wide
from his stirring ripples spread
implacable as they pushed the tide
pulsed relentless wide and wide
drowned atolls and islands as they passed
implacable they pushed the tide
across the ocean deep and fast
drowning atolls and islands as they passed
pushed higher and higher up distant shores
across the ocean deep and fast
the dreams of the sea god Tangaroa
Waiata Dawn Davies is a Waitaki writer.
