COLLECTED POEMS AND PAINTINGS - CD Hunter




 
 



 
 
 
 

   Ligar Bay ’64
 
Below the white memorial
In the faith jetted sea
Washed at the high stone edge

Camouflaged through time
Bevelled stone narrates to curlew
eye; lapidary tales in Maori.

This is Te Atua’s abode,
Host to quiet ships-
‘Massacre’ bay; scene of
Europe’s botched collusion.


 
 
1 Feb 2000