John KeastJohn Keast

John Keast was born in Ashburton in 1955, has worked in newspapers in New Zealand and Australia, and lives on a hill in beautiful Geraldine, the town kissed by nature.

The Friday poem: “High Tea” by John Keast

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New verse from Geraldine writer John Keast. High Tea A high ceiling in spring, white with a filigree border and genteel conversation floats over earl grey and the waitress’s apron rises and falls with her light step; tea and cakes, spilling cream, a man with a silly hat and ill-fitting hand-knit jersey trying to impress … Read more