Calypso by Bob Orr
Author:Bob Orr [Orr, Bob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Poetry
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Published: 2008-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
SONG TO ONEHUNGA WHARF
A stevedore in blue overalls
is crossed by a seagullâs shadow.
Salt-grizzled fishing boats
in the basin rub shoulder to shoulder
like trawlermen in the Manukau Arms.
Onehunga wharf you leave a taste of iron sand on my lip.
Your channel spidery with tides
silvery too with sunlight and herrings.
Where navigation buoys wobble like skittles
I watch gannets pursue ancient piracy.
Onehunga wharf why does Auckland turn its back on you?
Your silos of Golden Bay cement
might allude to another nirvanic port
but for the rusty roses of your fishing boats
and for those seagulls whose wings have circled me
on the hour when the tide is high
I will be your harbour master.
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