HAITI NEEDS CRAYONS

They come
	in small packs, 
     		     spindly wands 
easily broken, 
	     make pictures of houses, 
		  mothers and fathers 
pillared on both sides; 
		    they colour 
a future in primaries, 
		    clear skies, sunshine, 	
		draw 
bright shades 
	     over the thunder, 
	the dark 
		drawn into rooms.




Sue Rose


from Sixty Poems for Haiti