Greg Judkins is a retired doctor and writer. He has published collections of short stories and poems, and had a poem published in one of New Zealand's most prestigious journals.

Greg Judkins

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Blow

A wind lifts the leaves in the trees
as two brown hens ruffle down in the grass
and I tug my cap down to my ears
pleased to not be chasing a tennis ball
or up a ladder mending an iron roof
or carrying a candle for peace.