The Greenstone Mere Vitrification of ancient woodsmoke words and the green malice of old wrongs in the ashes of misery they left behind Petrification of forgotten tides that washed over the wrecks of past storms and the black depths of old motives Here lies forever embedded the cries of women rising out of sleep to die among charred huts and smoking silences Here the broken body and burning spirit of revenge—the quivering flesh sinking into oblivion among the savage clash of tribes Fossilization of an embryonic land and the stilling of urgent creation is captured within your still form Let us not forget the lament we sang on the seashell shore for Te Maunu or the song of the sad sea itself for Te Kiwi. Frederick C. Parmée
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Te Ao Hou, March 1968, Page 13
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128The Greenstone Mere Te Ao Hou, March 1968, Page 13
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