It’s 25 June today: my birthday and the day I received copies of my book of poems, Heartscapes, published by Austin Macaulay. We’re having a family celebration tonight and I might read some of my poems then. We live in Wellington, New Zealand. Our house looks out over the harbour. Today a regular gale is blowing and the sun’s out. Heres’ a little poem that evokes what it looks like.
As morning breaks
I muse on rising winds
roughing up the seascape
visible in whitecaps,
sea-grey and muted greens
wild refractors of a light
sheltering and indwelling aura
of the One that heals
and brokers safety
overcoming travails
of strung-out voyages
through vision of a harbour
now haven for gatherings
of unblinded sight.
That’s pretty much how I feel: the book’s a gift; and a challenge to go on writing; and, in general, to be gift to others, not a drag or a pain in the butt!
At my age, 83, a real danger!
Raymond/ 25 June 21
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