I think my posts is about the moon and the tree and the sun
i like it when the moon comes out and the sunset looks so cool .
2 thoughts on “the moon and the trees and the sun”
Te Marama by Kelly Joseph
Tonight I can’t sleep.
Te Marama
floods my room
with silvery light.
Outside, the moana swells
high upon the shore
– ngā tai a Kupe.
Koro fished and planted
by the phases of Te Marama.
Koro told me that she is
the tamaiti of Rangi,
sibling of Te Rā and Ngā Whetū.
Together they make
a whānau of light.
Koro always said, “Titiro whakatau! Look carefully!”
In the atarau, I remember him.
Te Marama – new, waxing, full, waning, new again.
Endlessly crossing the sky.
GLOSSARY
atarau: moonlight; Koro: Grandad; moana: sea; ngā tai a Kupe: a king tide; high seas (the seas of Kupe); Ngā Whetū: the stars; Rangi (Rangi-nui): the sky father tamaiti: child; Te Marama: the moon; Te Rā: the sun; Titiro whakatau: gaze or watch intently whānau: family.
Te Marama by Kelly Joseph
Tonight I can’t sleep.
Te Marama
floods my room
with silvery light.
Outside, the moana swells
high upon the shore
– ngā tai a Kupe.
Koro fished and planted
by the phases of Te Marama.
Koro told me that she is
the tamaiti of Rangi,
sibling of Te Rā and Ngā Whetū.
Together they make
a whānau of light.
Koro always said, “Titiro whakatau! Look carefully!”
In the atarau, I remember him.
Te Marama – new, waxing, full, waning, new again.
Endlessly crossing the sky.
GLOSSARY
atarau: moonlight; Koro: Grandad; moana: sea; ngā tai a Kupe: a king tide; high seas (the seas of Kupe); Ngā Whetū: the stars; Rangi (Rangi-nui): the sky father tamaiti: child; Te Marama: the moon; Te Rā: the sun; Titiro whakatau: gaze or watch intently whānau: family.
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