Cilla McQueen, New Zealand Poet

Hi there

Years ago, I read a poem in the New Zealand School Journal by the NZ poet, Cilla McQueen.  It's one of my favourites:

LEARNING TO READ -

I remember the look
of the unreadable page

the difficult jumble

& then the page
became transparent

& then the page
ceased to exist

at last I was riding this bicycle all by myself.

***

...and isn't that a lovely poem about a child learning to read?

above:  Cilla McQueen

The School Journal gave me another little gem, this time by NZ poet Sam Hunt, where he referred to a train tunnel as "as long as next term".  Now, isn't that an image?