Easter Procession
Titirangi
A cross on his shoulders;
a file of people,
walk behind
with black umbrellas:
les parapluies;
the rain falls in
fine drops:
spider lines,
while above our heads
the mist cloaks trees
in white cocoons;
to walk in silence
past columns
of rata and rimu
which burst into leaf in a
praise of green;
up ahead the church, and
footfall on footfall,
we tremble behind
a wooden
cross.
Sarah Penwarden is the co-editor of Stimulus and a lecturer in the counselling team in the School of Social Practice at Laidlaw College. She is also a counsellor in private practice. Her recent PhD explored the use of poetry with people grieving a lost loved partner.