How the Huia died out!!

 How the Huia got extinct, here's a poem to tell you how:

Huia  - Bill Manhire

I was the first of birds to sing

I sang to signal rain

the one I loved was singing

and singing once again

My wings were made of sunlight

My tail was made of frost

My song was now a warning

and now a song of love

I sang upon a postage stamp

I sang upon your coins

but money stepped towards me

and stole away my voice

Where are you when you vanish?

Where are you when you’re found?

I’m made of greed and anguish

a feather on the ground

 

lived among you once

and now I can’t be found

I’m made of things that vanish

a feather on the ground.