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Aotearoa Poems - Poems about Aotearoa


Blowing a helluva Hooley
... Rarely not windy In the far flung Squarely unfairly unsung Seriously deliriously magical Mystical..mythical Catlins Rather adept at being Scarily palaver kept.. Wild & warily windswept ......

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Categories: aotearoa, nature, wind,
Form: Rhyme
AoTEARoa aka New Zealand
... Spine chilling velocity Willing feverish ferocity Pollution spilling atrocity Pushes our buttons Top billing forging Fiendish drilling pomposity Gluttons gorging in the isles of muttons Co......

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Categories: aotearoa, paradise,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Return to Rotarua
... Dressed in white christening gown Creaky snow break mountain melt Dissolves rigid in simmering spring Ached ankles pummel, putrid pond Ancient decompose steams surface ......

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Categories: aotearoa, angel, angst, baptism, black
Form: Free verse
Me From Here
...In the land of Aotearoa, where stories intertwine, Where the waves caress the shores, and mountains proudly shine, I raise my voice to honor those who came before, As a descendant of Karitane, a M......

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Categories: aotearoa, history,
Form: Narrative
T 1 Bay
...Shady Sail Ills Forgotten, Crests and Peaks Roll with the Laugh-in’. Eyes and Heirs Make No Bones, No Want Nor Wish, To Know 'the Jones.’ Tis Where You Rise, Tis Where You’ll Lay, There's ......

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Categories: aotearoa, growing up, happiness, home,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Dawn On Mount Manaia
...Only inspired mortals can feel the stimuli synonymously woven within the indigenous people who for centuries dwell in this place. The ‘Ao......

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Categories: aotearoa, beauty, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sunrise On Mount Manaia
...Only an inspired mortal such as I, could feel the stimuli synonymously woven in unison with the indigenous people, who for centuries have inhabited this place. The ‘Aotearoa Northland Maori’ Rel......

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Categories: aotearoa, day, nature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Leaving
...(6th May 2002) Oh! Upon this day with the saddest eyes I with regret farewell Auckland City, To depart with the fondest of goodbyes Of its people and sea shores pretty. Although not a child......

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Categories: aotearoa, devotion, farewell,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Springtime In New Zealand
...Aotearoa the land of the long white cloud... dignity in bloom. © Harry j Horsman 2012......

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Categories: aotearoa, dedication, seasons,
Form: Haiku

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