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Note:The Pohutukawa is a common tree in the north Island of New Zealand. It lines the streets and grows in gardens and on hillsides, singly and in clumps. In the weeks either side of Christmas it is covered in pompom like kahika blooms ranging from scarlet to blood red and then sheds fine needles to line the gutters and cover the pavements red.

Pohutukawa

Your blood-brushed hills 
With tangled scarlet trees 
That line the roadside miles,
Present kahika crowns 
Towards the summer skies 
From where You grace us 
With your smiles,
And grant to us this favour:
The glory of Your Christmas tree,
The peerless Pohutukawa.

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Bob Kimmerling

April 24, 2021 at 10:22 AM

Hello Darlene Thus was my very first poem! Inspired by a trip to NewZealand where the North Island in particular shows off these magnificent trees with their red pom pom flowers around Christmas. Sadly we don't have them in London and certainly not in my garden, though I do have a magnificent Wisteria that is a close rival. Thanks for you comment!

Darlene De Beaulieu

April 16, 2021 at 3:50 PM

Hello Bob Kimmerling, so nice to meet you. The Putakawa tree sounds lovely. You are lucky to have a beautiful tree like that. Enjoy your evening my friend.

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