Bio
Anne Hollier Ruddy grew up in N.Z, had a family in the U.K, then returned to N.Z. In 2000 she relocated to Queensland where, in 2006 she started writing poetry. Her work has appeared in various Australian anthologies and online. Now back living in N.Z, she continues to write and has discovered a love of tanka and haiku.
Anne Hollier Ruddy
Wind
I hate the pushiness of wind –
its insensitive bending
of everything to its will
the way it shakes flowers
till their petals rattle
its command to trees
for manic hornpipes
how it insinuates chilled
fingers into my ears
makes my eyes weep
whips hair unmercifully.