Cliff-Fall--By Maureen Sudlow--New Zealand

Cliff-Fall

so much depends
upon

the tenacious roots
gripping red earth

where the land drops
to the sea

so much depending
on so little

holding it all
together

Maureen and her husband Rod live in Dargaville in the Kaipara (New Zealand). Maureen has had poetry published both on-line and in magazines such as A Fine Line, and has recently published her first poetry collection Antipodes. She has a Diploma in Creative Writing from Whitireia, and was short-listed for the 2012 Joy Cowley Award for her children’s picture book Fearless Fred and the Dragon.