Aue Rona

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"Beloved moon sucks in his belly -- waterfalls, tornadoes. Expelled, the swelling sea rises to my tribal shore. Only navigators grasp this leash. Two cranes fly to earth, become human. Now unhinged, yearn to be cranes -- flee tunes of Metallica, soundtrack of Sesame Street, a never-ending consciousness. Stick people join the army, end up blown to smithereens, come home wrapped in flags and banners -- puppets of their own behemoth. Animals scurry home, replicate as fast as they can knowing this reign of terror will reach even the deepest burrow."

Author Bio

Reihana Robinson has been widely published in New Zealand and internationally. She featured in AUP New Poets 3 (Auckland University Press, 2008) and her work has appeared in anthologies including Te Ao Marama: Contemporary Maori Writing. Reihana was the inaugural recipient of the Te Atairangikaahu Award for Poetry. She is also an artist and an organic farmer.