Catching the acute angle; streaming
from lower left to upper right.
Sphere of water, land and sky;
in one sublime sweep.
Like calligraphy the inflection
PICTURE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS: Benita H. Kape's poem On a Photograph of a Contrail is in celebration of Tairāwhiti's local photographers and specifically Mike Baker, who took this photo.
Catching the acute angle; streaming
from lower left to upper right.
Sphere of water, land and sky;
in one sublime sweep.
Like calligraphy the inflection
of a white contrail; and the sky
a most tender blue to embrace.
To embrace ocean also at close quarters
an aqua-blue of the very
Victory at nationals means place in Team NZ for Hip Hope Unite World Champs.