Catherine Mair lives in Katikati ( the Mural Town) in the Western Bay of Plenty. She has been published widely in several genre but has a special affection for poetry in its different forms. She is a risk taker and enjoys experimenting. She is chairwoman of the Katikati Haiku Pathway Focus Committee.
SUGAR SYRUP
Somewhere where the wasps won't find it
Somewhere where bees won't know the place
Somewhere where no terrorist or insect bandit
Somewhere where there'll be no sniff or trace
A small heart-shaped tin of sugar syrup
Mounted high upon a post between two flax
Somewhere where in peace the tuis sup
Somewhere where there'll be no clearing blade or axe
Is this how a woman keeps her secrets
How closely she guards the mysteries of her heart
How when adding up the loose ends nothing fits
And how she leaves no trace of cupid's dart
Old age softens the closing of a dream
And nothing is as blue as it might seem.
