Aila Wills – Drawings
My name is Aila Wills. I’m 10 years old and I live in Whenuakite. I love to draw, paint, sing and dance. This summer I’ve drawn a collection of cards (my favorite is called cat, cat, cat, cat) which I’ve been selling at the Whiti Citi & Coroglen markets. My mum has a stall selling Carma Delights chutneys. I love to see other artists at the markets with their paintings and creations. I also like to go to music festivals to watch live performances and take singing lessons – I love to sing any song I know.
BOOK KEEPER by Mary Fox
find my book;
in all its used & dirty glory…
joy of cooking.
hunt in every box;
it’s in your old & grubby hands…
blow my cover.
finger the pages;
its faded & worn edges…
you know it by heart.
choose what you fancy;
it’s likely a complicated affair…
read between the lines.
Words by Mary Fox
The Old Man and the Mountain
The Old Man stared at the mountain
And a smile crept over his face
As his mind turned to thoughts of his heyday
How he’d put the big brute in its place
He had climbed many times to the summit
With the Westerly wild in his hair
And if anyone asked him the question
He’d say “because it was there”
Now old age had treated him kindly
And he kept his body in trim
With many an hour spent in walking
He was sound in his wind and his limb
He was always good for a challenge
To test out his strength with a pack
For the wind still carried the whisper
Of the mountain calling him back
He had beaten the bastard at 😯
By mounting the summit again
And basked in the limitless vista
As he sipped on a glass of champagne
But the mountain was seeking a vict’ry
To get the old man off his back
“l’ll meet you again when you’re 90
And then we will see what you lack”
The Old Man smiled in his daydream
How the challenge would give him a thrill
ln his mind he had already conquered
And that mountain was now just a hill
words by Chris Porter
Chris wrote this poem about his friend David Baker when he climbed Taranaki Mounga (Mount Taranaki) at the age of 80. David, now 90, recently returned from climbing the mountain again and used this climb to raise funds for Starship Children’s Hospital. Donate to his cause at: https://www.fundraiseforstarship.org.nz/david-baker
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