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"... brevity is the soul of wit ..."
- William Shakespeare

Bio


Rebecca Ball is a teacher based near Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand. She has had poems published in a range of places including Landfall, London Grip, Turbine | Kapohau and Poetry New Zealand Yearbook.


Rebecca Ball


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when it rains

past the snowline people
wrap themselves in wool
spray themselves in plastic
build bubbles in which to slide
down the side of silver cliffs

down in the town
the roots of mountains
split cracks in concrete
their peaks veiled in fog
their cloud-shrouded snow

when it rains silver streams
down roads through valleys
fills fields and basements
fog and snow flows
turns to grey