I know what is was

Ko te Ratu 15 o te Whiringa-a-nuku o tenei ra.

I Know What It Was .

They said it was just

an owl in the tree but they didn’t

fool me!

I saw teeth

not a beak,

red eyes not gold,

and I won’t be told

it was only fluff and features

round its throats;

it was a collar

and those weren’t wings

but the silky folds

of a black,black cloak.

That was no

Too-wit,too woo

I head

It was

I’ll get you-ou

Patricia Leighton.