The Tasman Journey

Author(s): W.F. Stubbs

Poetry

I viewed a stretch of tasman from atop a lookout and was stunned by the view. With thoughts of leaving New Zealand in my mind, I wondered how I could leave "all this" behind: These views of the moon cresting over hillsides, floating over the ocean, being veiled by cloudy nights. And then I relised: You have to live in it as well.


Live for what?


To run?


To observe?


To murder the soul with words?


Because life is empty


And I can't live for other people.


There is no one else to share this life with,


To release the weight


Of waiting,


Living and chasing,


Living and hating.


How can existing be enough?

Powerful and moving poetry by W.F. Stubbs written across the years of 2017 and 2018 while living in the Motueka region of the Tasman District Council which eventually saw the poet find his balance in life after resolving to live from his car on the side of the Motueka River. Dispensing with past attachments, the pursuit of work and an income to pay bills, his singular vision manifested in the greatest moments of peace and contentment in his life. Experience the poetry and the journey towards these moments - moments of solitude, moments of struggle, moments of acceptance, and moments of letting go...

Stubbs is the author of two previous novels I am the Local Atheist and Auralye on a Harp. He has been a songwriter, composer, a music teacher, and has worked an extensive variety of jobs.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9780473477059
  • : Warshell
  • : Warshell
  • : March 2021
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : W.F. Stubbs