Rangiriri
Rangiriri - March 2015
Rangiriri - March 2015
the siege is still
going on
the siege’s now on
in peace
a motorway’s
being built
graders diggers
dump-trucks work -
where ironclads
landed their shot
pile-drivers
make their report
the parted hill
keeps its place
rough ground
where men stumbled
into metal
steep to die under
die on
a fence and lychgate
seal off
once
raw earthworks too
between the lake
and the river
lie the swamps
and still
the only way through
15-16/17 August 2015
Heathrow Terminal Three
Melbourne International Airport
The siege of Rangiriri took place 20-21 November 1863
the siege is still
going on
the siege’s now on
in peace
a motorway’s
being built
graders diggers
dump-trucks work -
where ironclads
landed their shot
pile-drivers
make their report
the parted hill
keeps its place
rough ground
where men stumbled
into metal
steep to die under
die on
a fence and lychgate
seal off
once
raw earthworks too
between the lake
and the river
lie the swamps
and still
the only way through
15-16/17 August 2015
Heathrow Terminal Three
Melbourne International Airport
The siege of Rangiriri took��place 20-21 November 1863.�