Lauris Dorothy Edmond, poet
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Lauris Dorothy Edmond

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About Lauris Dorothy Edmond

1924 - 2000/New ZealandNew Zealand poet Lauris Dorothy Edmond was born at Dannevirke in 1924. In her autobiography she spoke of having lived "two lives". Recollections of growing up in an unconventional home, war-time experiences, becoming a mother to six children, working as a

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It's a still morning, quiet and cloudythe kind of grey day I like best;
— Lauris Dorothy Edmond
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There, she is there. She moves in the cold September morningit's hours yet till dawn but she knows neither light nor dark
— Lauris Dorothy Edmond
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Poetry & Stories

  1. Waterfall

    I do not ask for youth, nor for delayin the rising of time's irreversible river

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  2. Late Song

    It's a still morning, quiet and cloudythe kind of grey day I like best;

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  3. In Position

    I want to tell you about time, how strangelyit behaves when you haven't got much of it left:

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  4. At the Police Station

    There, she is there. She moves in the cold September morningit's hours yet till dawn but she knows neither light nor dark

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