Matariki Dreams | Poem by Keith Newman

Written By Kathryn Overall

Born into this light
Te Ao Marama
drawing us up....

Matariki dreams
Looking back, forward
and in between

Connecting the dots
under the dark of night
as seven sisters cycle by

Celestial waka 
doing the rounds
preparing new ground

Starmaps in our eyes
Elevating vision
from dirt to sky

Remembering, 
connecting, guiding
Pacific nations celebrating

Imagining possibilities
Islands at the edge 
perched precariously

Wairua pitcher overflowing
celestial and terrestrial 
eyes sparkling

As it is in heaven
Matariki dreams
Preparing for the next scene

Long white clouds lifting
No time for drifting
in this turning of the times

Fragments of memories
from the Great Dreamer
who dreamed us all

Rising from the fall
of earthly Adam
to answer heaven’s call

 Keith Newman is a journalist, poet and author of five New Zealand history books including Ratana the Prophet (Reed 2009 reprint Oratia Books May 2024), Bible & Treaty and Beyond Betrayal (Penguin 2009, 2013).

For the past 12-years he has hosted the Bible & Treaty Facebook group.. He lives in Haumoana, Hawke’s Bay with his wife Paula.

Kathryn Overall https://www.kathrynoverall.com
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