The Friday Poem: ‘This Beaver’s Thirst’ by Nick Ascroft
New verse by Wellington writer Nick Ascroft.
This Beaver’s Thirst
They flip you up your mom and pop
and land you on your little feet.
Some things they say can make you stop,
but then you think, gee whiz that’s neat.
And they were flipped up by their nans
and caught with gentle hands by gramps,
who told them: ‘Never shelve your plans’,
who told them: ‘Never dim your lamps.’
Manhandled on our way with care
and wisdom down life’s corridor
they make us see the world is fair,
and we must sterilise the poor.
Nick Ascroft, 2018
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Nick Ascroft
Nick Ascroft is the author of five collections of poetry. His latest, The Stupefying (2022), is published by Te Herenga Waka University Press. He is also one of New Zealand's top Scrabble players. Nick was born in Oamaru in 1973.
