S9 - Poetry - For papatuanuku & Moonlight, summer moonlight

Poem: For Papatuanuku

“Remove your shoes

Press hards to soil

Sift grain between fingers”

 

What does sift mean?

• not to give opinions

• toss the soil through fingers

• let the soil fall through fingers

Poem: For Papatuanuku

The poet shared the message to slow down and stay home. She thinks:

“It’s right. It’s time

Time to return

Time to remember

Time to listen and forgive

Time to withhold judgement”

What does withhold judgement mean?

 

• giving something up that is valuable to you

• not to give opinions

• stay calm and kind

Poem: For Papatuanuku

“For now it’s just you

And the wind

And the forests and the oceans and the sky full of rain

Finally, it’s raining

Ka turuturu te wai kamo o Rangi ki runga i a koe (It means tears from the eyes of Ranginui (Sky father) drip down on you – Maori culture)

Embrace it”

What does embrace mean?

• Accept something with enthusiasm

• Prevent from flying

• Make something become loose

Poem: For Papatuanuku

"Loosen the concrete bell cinched tight at your waist"

 

What does cinched tight mean?

• Fastened tightly

• Prevented from flying

• Recovered

Poem: Moonlight, summer moonlight

"But most where trees are sending

Their breezy boughs on high, (Bough: branch of a tree)

Or stooping low are lending

A shelter from the sky."

 

What does stooping low mean?

• Dancing

• Bending towards the ground

• Replying

Poem: Moonlight, summer moonlight

"But most where trees are sending

Their breezy boughs on high, (Bough: branch of a tree)

Or stooping low are lending

A shelter from the sky."

 

What does shelter mean?

• A lonely place

• Something lonely

• A place that gives protection