Wheeling South

by Mike Johnson

Genre: Poetry

A short poetry book inspired by New Zealand’s landscapes

where they meet

there is a brief flare of ecstasy

a declaration of life

Beneath the canopy

the heat drops

and the bull-bellow of the sun

is filtered

to glinting slivers

of silver

and sharp bird calls

‘it’s okay, it’s okay’

someone says

soothing your fevered brow

‘you can relax now

it’s all taken care of’