Black Stuff #Pikeriver

Our greed is so great
We plunder our own
Mother

Our sharp tools
Tunnel in her veins
Tear into mountains
Hacking and digging
Deep underground

Is there no limit to
what we ask our
brothers to do?
Our fathers and sons?
Husbands and lovers?

So we can burn the black stuff
Extracted from our
Mother

Coal mining is a
Weapon of mass destruction


[25 November 2010]

With deep sadness for the 29 miners lost in the Pike River Mine explosions and the many tens of thousands of miners killed each year in accidents, and with deep condolences to the effected families and friends.

29 Brothers #pikeriver

The pain of their passing
A violent shockwave in my heart
A pulling at my bones
My body still tied
To the mountains of home
29 brothers
Now ashes underground


[26 November 2010]

With deepest condolences to the families and friends of the 29 miners lost in the Pike River Mine explosions.

6:15am

Rain on the window
Writhing bamboo lost
In the dark morning sky


[11 November 2010]

Before sunrise

After the stars
The vast sky cool
The tall bamboo still


[10 November 2010]

After sitting

Dim grey brown Autumn morning
Kitchens glow warm yellow
Tall green bamboo sways


[05 November 2010]