Poetry meme - caught from celandineb

[paradox]

When you see this, post a poem on your journal.

Te Putake Mai o te Pu Harakeke by Arapera Hiniira Kaa E ki, e ki, e ki, He pu, he pu, he pu, He pu harakeke, He tangata, he tangata! Taku whakautu, He pu, he pu, he pu, He pu harakeke, He wahine, he wahine! Anei haki te patai, Ma wai, ma wai, ma wai, Ko wai, ko wai, ko wai, Te putake o te ora? Taku whakautu, He rito, he pu, he pu harakeke tu He wahine-wahine!

Who is Important? (rough translation) The time has come for some of us to abandon imagining flax to be mankind! Aesthetically, such growth of fan-shaped symmetry can only be that of womankind! Weigh, consider, who gives unquestioned, reassures, regenerates, who is the source of life? There is but one reply, Birth, growth, life with meaning cannot exist without womankind!

(Dedicated to the Maori Women's Welfare League, written after getting bored with a repetitive phrase.)