Best Gumboots Poems

Evoke and pray to Gods Varun* and Indra*
And to Apollo not to go on long vacation
Play hide and seek with the earth as kids do
And...

Read more of this work...

The Ballad of Stinking Mick

Now Mick hung close to a Butt verbose,
And the cheese it ran like treacle,
Some said it was on the bloody nose,
That...

Read more of this work...

Naked to Nurture.  Naked, to Nurture.



Why not naked into woods?
We yank up gumboots.
Enshroud our piggies in wicking and itching sockbags.
Hoping to holdfast against the...

Read more of this work...

Gumboot heroes
splashing in the rain
two caped crusaders
bring the challenge on

wagon wheels in their pockets
a nickel buys the day
hide and seek
the adventure that we play

double dog...

Read more of this work...

Miss Five whimpered as she walked from the house,

        Her feet hurt and caused her to grouse.

 ...

Read more of this work...

Babies cry, sleep, change nappies, feed. Toddlers drink water from cups. Younger brothers, younger sister, older brother, older sister, small town, large country.
One lane roads,...

Read more of this work...

It poured for a fortnight
The clouds floating like angels in the sky
Streams of rivulets on a downward turn
’Twas our turn to solve a mystery,me at...

Read more of this work...

Billy Carts and Marbles

Yes, we all played marbles when we were just kids,
Had a big ‘Tom Bowler’ and a bag full of migs.
Held onto your...

Read more of this work...

If you wander into your local school or preschool,
What are the odds of spotting even a single pair of gumboots,
And does it matter if you...

Read more of this work...

How boastful the  way I rode a  sled
To flaunt my  gumboots as drag pads fled,

       ...

Read more of this work...

The universal worm has got some competition now,
since ‘Sandy’ took me out to Bateson’s dam.
This don’t include the ‘whitchys’ we get in a broken bough,
nor...

Read more of this work...

My little feet tripping walking begun
To keep up with my mothers bigger ones
And quietly years just roll alongside 
With walking running matching stride for stride
I...

Read more of this work...

An expert is a strange bird, 
That is often,
Rightly taken for the fool that they are.

The true expert however,
Has not been blinded by science,
Does not...

Read more of this work...

Playing once in the back yard,
Sis kicked the cat really hard,
Snowy over the back fence went,
Red gumboots did have vent,
"Sit and read," my sis said,
'c...a...t'...

Read more of this work...

Wear your odd socks with pride,
No need for them to, in your gumboots hide,
Of funny looks, I don't give a darn,
As I can spin a...

Read more of this work...