To The People of Gisborne -- An Invitation to Picnic.

Sent as a letter to the Gisborne Herald and published as a letter. circa 1985

 Inland from Gisborne

on grain and grass

your missing animals graze.

 

Go Ormond, the vineyard,

go by the stream to Matawai

passing them not in a hurry.

 

Pack a lunch.

Naked hills meet across many paddocks...

 

Horses on hills play chess as they wish.

Queues of sheep say yes with their feet

or wait for the works with great dignity.

 

Inland from Gisborne,

you can pick blackberries at

the old Anzac Bridge.

 

Take wine, bring meat.

Play at leap-frogging.

Go home tail wagging.