Hone Tuwhare was a New Zealand poet noted for his thoughtful poetry. His best-known work is No Ordinary Sun. It was also his first. It helped to establish his repetition and was reprinted numerous times throughout his life and since. His collections include Short Back and Sideways: Poems & Prose and Shape-Shifter.
‘Monologue’ by Hone Tuwhare is a contemporary poem about the difficulties workers face when looking for a job and how temporary those jobs can be.
I like working near a door. I like to have my work-bench
close by, with a locker handy.
‘Friend’ by Hone Tuwhare discusses a friendship that has fallen into ruin through the passage of years.