New Zealand Poems - Poems about New Zealand

New Zealand is Progressive and Fair

New Zealand is more progressive and fair than most nations
in 1893, she was the first country to give women the right to vote.
a right that makes sense in every country except America.
where your vote might never count,
until the electoral college is abolished.
an archaic system that ensures the wealthy get more say
New Zealand looks better than

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

Coining the term “purloining”
Plunder even here down under
Cast asunder..can hear the thunder
In the proud land of 
The long white cloud

Scold from the fold to heal
But won’t listen..do a deal
Gaudy gems appeal..glisten
History sold for pieces of gold

Cower to

New Zealand Pastoral

In the tea trees to the whistling song thrush
  I alone hear the first September dawn,
and outside beyond ryegrass, fern and rush 
  glisten woolly coats of sheep early shorn. 
Smell the petrichor and jade scented hedge,
  the lambs, the honey bees in pollen’s net -
that botany of sights and sounds, that

Some Treasures

To the red dust of the Highveld plains and KwaZulu koppies;
          Where young feet roamed and in its earth-breathe did romp
            Beneath golden haze, as in an oil canvas, the sunset lay
   

Barry Young

Incarcerated

Love for humanity? truth?

Breaking the net; soon !

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 Maori forevermore.

From the ancient mists of time, our ancestors arose,
Guided by the stars, their wisdom always shows,
In Karitane's embrace, they lived, they thrived,
And their

New Zealand Shows Us How

The USA media is going to kill us all
Giving the shooters fame
We should be more like New Zealand
“A coward walked into a grade school”.
They never had another school shooting.

I'M Ready If You Are : Feb 2017

I'm ready if you are.
Steadily walking past wekas, canoes, sailboats, motorboats, along concrete paths, down ash-felt slopes
Across intersecting car trails
Drawn only by the beckoning beach.

Feet slipping over Northland's rough green grass
Damp, spongy, smooth grit of coarse golden sand
Surrounding bush covered hill houses
Silently call your name, drowning out the cicadas.
'Where are you? Did you come?
I'm ready

We Are Not Islands : May 2016

We are not islands
We of the islands of N and Z placed together
There are three of us

If we were islands
We would lie in the sea
Sunbathing
Waves would lap over us
Playfully tickle our sandy shores
Crash against our rocky cliffs
Throw seaweed onto our beaches.
We would see each other
On the distant horizons on a clear day
We would never meet
Never

A New Zealand Visit With the Maori People

During a tour in this island nation, 
a Maori guide was seeking a nomination.

Among our tour he sought out a spokesman,
to respond to the chief's words, as a small token.

"Sir, will you represent your touring tribe?"
"Yes," I responded, "for a very large bribe!"

I wanted to know what was required.
Giving a speech was nothing I desired.

"No.

My Spontaneous Trip To New Zealand

I booked a plane for New Zealand and headed out.
The instant the plane landed I saw a kangaroo to chase.
The other passengers were amused, but airport security wasn’t.
I was chased by the best of them, and dragged to a holding area.

There were other convicts here. We entertained each other.
For several hours – breaking out the

Red Grasshopper of New Zealand

New Zealand’s foaming red grasshopper
took a ride to Rome on a chopper.
Listened to Holly
With wife named Molly
Reminisced about the Big Bopper

What You Need To Know About New Zealand

In New Zealand,
Even the rich have few servants,
We are a nation that expects one to serve oneself.

Our idea of rich,
Is to own your own home, 
With barbecue space out the back,
And a nice car in the garage.

Most of us consider servants, 
More trouble than they are worth,
We may have a cleaner in once a week,
Or

Hector Dolphins

Hectors Dolphins are listed as, endangered
and a sub-species, Maui’s Dolphin are critically endangered
with only about 55 left, in New Zealand’s shallow waters
in the North Island eastern shores, is their home with borders

Hector Dolphins dorsal fin, looks like Mickey Mouse’s ear
and they are the smallest and rarest, of all marine dolphins
Their biggest threat, is being caught

New Zealand Sunrise

I see the mountain far aloft,
Its grace and beauty shine and oft',
I wonder from which vantage best,
to seek the wonders of its crest.

Yet this mound I wish not to climb,
for from here is the most sublime,
a feeling, when it's needed most.
To conquer'd make this pang a ghost.

So I'd prefer to sit and dream.
Than lose forever,

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