toikupu #17, 2026
seventeen
Is it haiku day?
With seventeen syllables,
Like that, it is done.
Rauhina Kohuwai-Banks
17/4/2026, Ōtepoti: toikupu #17
seventeen
Is it haiku day?
With seventeen syllables,
Like that, it is done.
Rauhina Kohuwai-Banks
17/4/2026, Ōtepoti: toikupu #17
For All Saints’, Ōtepoti ki te Raki, North Dunedin Sitting quietly here with all the Saints, Watching dust spiral through streams of light, I first saw the face of Christ And you, good Ship of the body of Christ, Dwelling for the commemoration of Saints, Dazzling place of truth and
Advice from younger me to me, now So, I don’t know if I have much advice for you, I just think you underestimate yourself and all the knowledge and skills you’ve built up over time. I’d like you to remember what having tuākana to look up to
halfway between flat and charged, halfway between sofa and bed, halfway between weeping and sleeping by which I mean halfway between two halves of myself and no more tāwaki, they’ve thrown a revolt done with the moult or maybe just moved on mass to the other side by which
Taihoa Well actually the answer is to simplify Do less Rauhina Kohuwai-Banks 14/4/2026, Ōtepoti: toikupu #14