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Auckland Poems - Poems about Auckland

Auckland Poems - Examples of all types of poems about auckland to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for auckland.
Premium Member Trip Advisory
...I chanced to look upon the world, through current Channels..And much unfurled; I noted the various Decades passed, wars on terror legalising grass..' Wars on waste, the slogans did run, my mind re......Read the rest...
Categories: auckland, appreciation, change, education, endurance,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Western Springs
... High-ho! High-ho! High-ho! it’s off to the pub and gig we go Willy Wonka ticket stubs in our hand on our way to see the band Climb the fence, jump the turnstiles into the crowd do......Read the rest...
Categories: auckland, music,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member For the Fisher King On His Golden Jubilee
...O friend! Son of this realm your native land and Knight of the Long Bay on the long shore - Fisher King to its isle and rock and sand where long ago we drank and gazed The Tor. And I echo......Read the rest...
Categories: auckland, birthday, friend, tribute,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Leopards Loose In the Domain
...Out of a neon jungle the big cats prowl through the wind in the willows uncovered, but when the cats and wind begin to howl I am crook and the boys truly mothered! So I rip in and bowl an......Read the rest...
Categories: auckland, friend, games, sports,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Written in a Graveyard
...O God, I fear no peace, no life’s atone, only silent condemnation disguised - this misfortune is mine and mine alone and to that end I have philosophised. To the wider picture of death an......Read the rest...
Categories: auckland, introspection, life,
Form: Sonnet



Ladder Bay
...I come to this little cove often - no work, I have time to burn. Watch shellfish raiders plunder the foreshore with no concern. Red-bill seagulls fly in circles, fight over scraps they......Read the rest...
Categories: auckland, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Gull Point
...I know you so well now that I can instantly capture your moods. Watching as the tide ebbs - you regretfully reveal hidden treasures. Children with small nets probe into your ve......Read the rest...
Categories: auckland, beach, sea,
Form: Free verse
Chatham Ave
...I walked down that track in the afternoon, ten years of memories cut in too soon. I started to sweat, I had no room, and overhead...a sonic boom. It’s far too ear......Read the rest...
Categories: auckland, how i feel, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
The Stillborn Love
...Pain abates. A silent love zigzags through his bullet wound. He is an Indian mercenary fighting for the Allies. He was born with a rusted iron spoon in his mouth. Hunger made him a soldi......Read the rest...
Categories: auckland, war,
Form: Free verse
Frangipani
...frangipani did you imagine I could leave you trapped in quick drying cement locked forever on a bed of strangers coral with only sea spray falling on the reef to mourn your passing? no my f......Read the rest...
Categories: auckland, bereavement, death of a
Form: Free verse
Premium Member If I Could
... If I could, ...I'd stroll with you in a lovely Autumn wood and gather every golden leaf to save them in a book on each one we'd write our dreams and all our special thoughts to read through......Read the rest...
Categories: auckland, true love,
Form: Quatrain
Karen Darke
...“Luckily I've got an adventurous gene, as life in a wheelchair is full of the unexpected. I was a keen runner, climber and [the life, An] all round outdoor addict, but, [devastated, I] fell of......Read the rest...
Categories: auckland, sports, strength,
Form: Quatrain
Indian Singh
...Hiding in the trench in the French sand, Indian Singh fights like a British soldier. It seems it is the ending of the universe. Dark curls of smoke rise up - cradles are shattered, and buildings......Read the rest...
Categories: auckland, war, universe, , memorial,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Why There's No Baby Planes
... On a flight to Auckland one day A mother over hearing her son say Cats and Dogs can have babies Can planes do that maybe Ask the attendant, see what she says So off to the attendant ......Read the rest...
Categories: auckland, fun, funny, silly, mum,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Leaving On a Jet Plane
...When sunset ushers a sky violet blue At the first star’s light, my thoughts are of you. And when I gaze into the moonlit sea; Lights dancing on water, you are with me. When a lovely flower bends to......Read the rest...
Categories: auckland, desire, devotion, flying, love,
Form: Sonnet

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