Huriata - Tōku Tuakiri - Poetry: Trees

Trees

By Huriata Paraone

I am Huriata

Black, my skin from the earth to the night duvet which Matariki sleeps in

I stand on breathing lands, and ride the largest stingray

I live afar my sleeping lands, the stingray guide me home

For my glazed over onyx gem that shows me what I am

I am Maori, I am Tongan

My whanau lived among many mountains and rivers, trees and sand

Caves wide like an owl's eyes, forest deeper than a king fishers fall

This clay and red wood, is my ancestors welcoming whare

The hair of tangaroa, my people swim in         

My ancestors

You planted a tree, a leaf so green, a bloom I see

And the harakeke you left us, we’ll weave wisdom and wit

For that in a next life, the after, the beyond, the where my eyes shall take me

I will be an ancestor to someone sane to meet heights, fall far but fly like a tui.

Camp Blog - Task 5: NAV VAN: Diamond Poem - Huriata Reflection

NAV ~ VAN ~ ACTIVITES

Bike

Gravely , Dusty

Rolling, Ramping, Walking

Trails, Bumps

Track

LIVING CABINS

Beds

Lively, Talkative

Shouting, Laughing, Singing

Smelly, Toejams

Bags

FIAFIA NIGHT

Stage

Humorous, Talented

Singing, Dancing, Acting

Loud, Fun

Skit

#KARMA - Figurative Language

#KARMA

Karma llama goes in my room and makes some drama

Eating my pencils and ripping my papers, 

NO! Karma why would you do that

Blu-blak-bln-nng no karma don’t understand that

Look what you did, my room went through a hurricane

And you know I just cleaned this yesterday, oh wait, you went down to the R.S.A

Karma spit that out, Blahg, Ew what the hell, how do you even seem to- KARMA!! Hurry up and Get down!

Stop throwing your toys around, the kitchen ain’t a playground now, so move over there, and here, Phew~ Got a happy Karma ta-da.

Woow, What’s on your face, looks like a llama ate a whole chocolate cake, that's just amazing

Making a mess all over what i just cleaned? Ha! No i’m not happy, go over to Tawhiri

Clash! Cling! Crack! That’s all I ever hear when you open those cupboards, making me all flustered, I’m frustrated, mostly everything is busted, can you not touch that, karma listen

woah , karma slow down, ‘bout to trip and hit your face in the ground now, better not go and run up the driveway, Darn it, why did I even mention it anyways, running around is not a normal sport for me