Inside Middle Earth: West Coast Nikau Palms
For me, nikau palms are an essential NZ (aka “Middle Earth” from the Lord Of The Rings films)—& NZ West Coast—image.
So much so, that they characterize my poem, Songs From The Sea:
“Songs from the sea sighing
in beneath the spindrift to the land’s
curve, lying long beneath green bush
where the nikau palms stand sentinel
all along that shining margin
between sea and land…”
We don’t see them in the movies, but there are parts of Tolkien’s world where I could see these growing!
Cool picture, Helen. thanks!
(more evidence I need to visit NZ)
The West Coast—where these grow—is ah-maze-ing: definitely hope you get to visit “one day”, Paul…