The Soul and Centre of Poetry

The aim of every writer
Is to recreate genius in three
Lines curated by ink in a haiku

To trap mist and mind
A whole universe, amber
Clear embodied life

Questions of worth came after
Those lives are complete. Do you need?
How do you want? Can you?
Explain yourself

Ōtepoti, Dunedin (credit: author)

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Harvey Aughton

Conservation. Bat and brain biology. Poetry. Short stories.