Brett Cross

a note

a note folded and placed, straggly grass
farm stretches to the broad river
with gold carp

a maroon barn
bones jut
high on the hill

early summer
blackbirds in the flame tree
dangling worms

note gives directions to a treehut
climb
from up there

on sturdy bough
a good sense of the farm
from neighbour’s fence

sky
to far-flung harbour
treehut scrawled with writing

aphorisms
taunts
youthful camaraderie

Brett Cross co-founded and runs two small presses: Titus Books and Atuanui Press.

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By Brett Cross

co-founded and runs two small presses: Titus Books and Atuanui Press.