UPON THE UPLAND ROAD RIDE EASY – JAMES K. BAXTER POETRY
A poem for our athlete teamwork-thinking tribes of New Zealand:
To you my love is a pendant Of inanga greenstone, Too hard to bite, Cut from a boulder underground. You can put it in a box Or wear it over your heart. One day it will grow warm... - - - Yet see the red-gold cirrus over snow-mountain shine upon the upland road, ride easy stranger, Surrender to the sky your heart of [Aroha].
Together. Everyone. Achieves. More. James K. Baxter poetry, Jerusalem poet, Pakeha, a cross-cultural, founding literary father of Aotearoa New Zealand. When he wrote, he was a man who was proud of his Polynesian, Pakeha and global kids. All Kiwi winners!
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 1.8.12~
This entry was posted on August 1, 2012 by horiwood. It was filed under Aotearoa New Zealand, Aroha, Asia Pacific, Asia-Pacific, Athletes, Coaching, Culture, Founding Fathers - Aotearoa New Zealand, Heritage Arts & Culture, James K Baxter, Kiwi Heroes, Kiwi Sayings, Kool Kiwis, Krazy Kiwis, Literary, Love, Mountains, New Zealand, Oceania, Pakehas, Pioneering Spirit, Poetry, Poets, Sir Edmund Hillary, South Pacific, Tahutahi Pounamu, Teachers, Team New Zealand, Teamwork, Vision, Writers .
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