'sometimes a single kakapo will represent a hard day’s work, (found poem without images for Richard Henry)'

i.

...we 
start up hill 

 among the ferns, always 

up hill, for the steeper it is 
and the denser 

the undergrowth 

the better the kakapos [sic] like it. 
It is like all the time 

running 
through a hedge. 


ii.

..Our clothes are no use 
for this climate, 

only a load 
of wet 

and misery, and the boots 
and socks 

are no better, and the oilskin 

coat on top 
of the sweaty wool is a fit 

finish 
for a farce 

in clothing. *


 iii.

The steep terrain of the Dusky Sound that Henry collected in.
The steep terrain of the Dusky Sound
that Henry collected in




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* a letter from Richard Henry to the NZ government, quoted from Hill, S. & Hill, J. (1987) Richard Henry of Resolution Island (John McIndoe Press), pp. 194-9