The In-Between Land: Psalms, Poems and Haiku will be released in print and as an eBook on 15 June 2015.
Here is a sample of the poems that appear in the book.
They’re taking my city away
like some failed
experiment
they’re taking my city away
house by house
block by block
whole suburbs
disappearing
to hidden forest
blackhole
dirty trucks
on shattered streets
moving much more than bricks and wood,
moving mem’ries
moving hopes
moving all
the little things
that take a lifetime
to grow
sadness haunts
the empty land
where children once played,
couples made love
argued and cried
neighbours chatted
over fences
about grandchildren
and things
nor’wester
sucking up dust
they’re taking my city away
ground going too
filling our hair
getting in eyes
gritting mouths
with the bitter grain
of what was
they’re taking
my city away
now the sacred task of building
a new one starts –
may we all be the builders
may we build with
wise heads
raise up with
love in our hearts.
— East Christchurch, 2013