Short Maori Poems
Short Maori Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Maori by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Maori by length and keyword.
800-Year-Old Tree
Maori legend
twisted pohutukawa-
the place of leaping...
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Categories:
maori, death, mythology, tree,
Form:
Haiku
Rug B
The All Blacks played Australian Rules
Maori men against young fools
Butt a stroke of luck
In a muddy ruck
Quite promptly diminished their tools...
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Categories:
maori, sports, word play,
Form:
Limerick
Kiwi's Wee-Wee
Beholding a stark-naked Kiwi
Prince Charles was bewildered: "What see we?”
His butler replied,
all blushed and wide-eyed:
“Your highness, a Maori… wee-wee."...
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Categories:
maori, humor, humorous, rude,
Form:
Limerick
Self Propulsion
There was a wild drink-craving pair
Who an Aussie airliner’s fuel did share.
It made in their guts masses of gases
Propelling them south via their asses.
Maori swear they’re Maero from thin air....
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Categories:
maori, humor,
Form:
Limerick
Banning Hangi
Prime Minister bands hangi,
racist thing to do,
the backlash is not funny,
silly little Jew.
(Hangi - a traditional Maori meal cooked in the ground, a practice Maori have used for more than 170 years)
9th place...
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Categories:
maori, education, life,
Form:
Chastushka
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 Nowhere Else, Like T1Bay.
About a cool suburb called Tiitahi (Tee Tah He) Bay in a city called Porirua, Wellington Aotearoa-New Zealand. 'Ti' (tee) is the Maori word for a Cabbage Tree. 'Tahi' means number one or single in Maori....
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Categories:
maori, growing up, happiness, home,
Form:
Rhyme