Tag: haining street

Snakes and Shadows: History as Poetry in Chris Tse’s Year of Snakes

Cross Tory Street head­ing toward Aro; ban­ish the Car­rilon’s long shad­ow behind the white-and-teal Bible Soci­ety on your left, Nurse Maude’s mosa­ic gaze upon your right shoul­der. Point your nose toward Tara-Nga­­ki Street – “shin­ing moun­­tain-peak” – and feel Hain­ing Street incline beneath your feet as Tory’s con­stant woosh recedes into urban din. The sens­es […]