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Aotearoa Poems

Blowing a helluva Hooley

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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

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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...

Categories: aotearoa, paradise,
Form: Rhyme

Return to Rotarua

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

 
  ...

Categories: aotearoa, angel, angst, baptism, black
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

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...

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 ...

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

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...

Categories: aotearoa, beauty, inspirational,
Form: Free verse

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...

Categories: aotearoa, day, nature,
Form: Free verse

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...

Categories: aotearoa, devotion, farewell,
Form: Sonnet

Springtime In New Zealand

...Aotearoa
the land of the long white cloud...
dignity in bloom.

© Harry j Horsman 2012...

Categories: aotearoa, dedication, seasons,
Form: Haiku