Colonialism gives way to Post Colonialism

Oamaru

Oamaru, rail-head  and port
is not really for the jolly.
One could though
catch a glimpse of the Frame girls
gazing into a shop.

Over the streets, the cobble-stones
the post-colonial flows onto
the colonial:
the tragedy
of Janet Frame.

INTERNATIONAL INTERIOR - My yellow English Coffee Pot

I espresso the coffee
and pour it into
my heated coffee pot
then I pour the coffee in its thick flow
into my Japanese copy
Viennese demi-tasses;
they almost tremble on their tiny saucers.

LANDSCAPE

Middle Harbour: Humid Day

Settled under a yellow-grey film
the headlands wilt towards
their bays,
water as reflective as lead;
something will stir
in the canopy.