Lazstones
Lazstones
hide in rivers
rolling in currents,
seaward slow,
taking years off,
reluctantly grinding edges
to semi drawn-out curves.
Children at play
often mistake
lazstones for skipstones…
When excitedly thrown
lazstones complain,
spin sluggish petulance
heavy indolence
in skipping stone play,
sinking quickly
(the only fast they grasp)
to shiftily doze again.
I can't help but read this and remember stone throwing with my family on the Hurinui River in North Canterbury. Trying to skip across the river was the challenge taken up by many generations and finding just the right stone was a fossicking mission in itself. Jumping off cliffs into the swirling pools avoiding breaking something on massive rocks, the challenge of going higher.. hmmm fun at 'Jump Rock'.
hide in rivers
rolling in currents,
seaward slow,
taking years off,
reluctantly grinding edges
to semi drawn-out curves.
Children at play
often mistake
lazstones for skipstones…
When excitedly thrown
lazstones complain,
spin sluggish petulance
heavy indolence
in skipping stone play,
sinking quickly
(the only fast they grasp)
to shiftily doze again.
I can't help but read this and remember stone throwing with my family on the Hurinui River in North Canterbury. Trying to skip across the river was the challenge taken up by many generations and finding just the right stone was a fossicking mission in itself. Jumping off cliffs into the swirling pools avoiding breaking something on massive rocks, the challenge of going higher.. hmmm fun at 'Jump Rock'.
