Dreams, Yellow Lions – Alistair Campbell

Dreams, Yellow Lions – Alistair Campbell

When I was young
I used to dream of girls
and mountains.

Now it is water I dream of,
placid among trees, or lifting
casually on a shore.

Where yellow lions come out
in the early morning
and stare out to sea.




O'Sullivan, V. (Ed.). (1979). An anthology of twentieth century New Zealand poetry. Wellington: Oxford University Press.