Martin Alexander

In Grandma’s house when we arrived on leave
the grand piano yawned and woke from two years’ sleep
and bared its gleaming teeth – black-gapped and white –
sprawled out, a friendly beast across the sunny parlour floor.

There was a box of sandstone bricks
for building castles by the fire. We had a
satisfying way of making thunder for our cannon
with a fist of lower keys until the staircase thundered too
with Mummy’s tread: “Don’t touch it!” and we

BOOK:
KAI ORA: FRESH HEALTHY FOOD MADE WITH AROHA [LOVE]
ANNE THORP [AUTHOR], AARON MCLEAN [PHOTOS]
RANDOM HOUSE, AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND: http://www.randomhouse.co.nz

DVD:  BEST RECIPES OF KAI ORA – HOSTED BY ANNE THORP, PAKIRI PRODUCTIONS LTD.

Nau te rourou, naku te rourou ka ora te manuhiri: With your food basket and my food basket, everyone has enough to eat.

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