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Each day I think about you and how life used to be, When everything was normal our happy family. But now you've gone...
They say that time heals that's what they say, and give you advice in their know it all way. But how can they know ....
Our son was very special we loved him come what may, We never thought we'd see the day He'd lose his life this ....
I have done it I have conquered my fear A fear that has gripped me this past year While travelling down south it was ......
'Have you seen Ruth Fenton recently?' Trish asked her friend Lois. They were sitting in their favourite cafe ......
AGEFUL A POEM FOR TWINKLEY WRINKLIES
AGEFULToo young to die Too old to let ambition fly The memory gone wrinkled Silver and frusty musty and shrinkled Desire...
I Walk the Shore of the Manukau
I walk the shore of the manukau each day in the early morn, Tides changing daily such beauty surreal, with dew ......
There is no doubt the USA is an exciting place Big and busy, lots of living filling every space A global misconception ....
I saw you first, in essence, I saw you first, all small, all perfect, all beautiful Your essence faded and you happened ...
The following paragraphs are the last two from"Who left the bungs out" This poem is followed by " ...
When egos are quelled mankind advances.....Need not be I to weild the pen write words of wisdom for the eyes of men .....
Professor Wag and Nightlife adventure
Ah, the Professor Extraordinaire...MIT wants grand companions.All that Academics, is too much for the Prof.Professors ....
Rivers, Like Mothers, Are Forever
The river always reminds me of my mother. Even on sad, overcast days, she is beautiful. A still, dark, early autumn ......
A cut down tree, transplanted ferns, and the idea of a small sitting area with fews to the hills was born. The fence to ...
It's 12.51pm and I am sitting chatting to same friendsThe next minute the room starts swaying back and forwardChairs...
Oh see the eye of our existence, Looking 'down' for understanding, Glowing with the beauty of a dragon, ......
From the land you have attacked me, With your own scabs and poisons, The discharge of your infamy, Into my womb from .....
Beware the Goddess of Coal, she's a mistress without a soul. Her charms come at a cost, and sometimes lives are ......
Well ! search and searched for "Other" and I couldn't find it there. So I looked up Under Cover and it ......
When winter feels the nudge of spring And knows he is no longer king, He chills the earth with one more frost Before his...
Can one look back in soft pride upon fulfillment of one's life, See the good there in the struggle, the good there ....
Anglesea Street IconShe stands in timeless respectful patience Busied apron marred by a Helen Shapiro hairstyle Trussed ...
When life dubbed us 'be children', There was laughter in the glen, Our excited crys of discovery, Sure t'was...
Having fun at seventy-one.Something new at seventy-two.‘Do a hip-hop dance.’ she said.‘OK, as long as...
One day I too shall become a photo on the wall. Already thoughts are going to which photo shall be the one to take ......
I have just returned from visiting my father-in-law, the dear man is counting his last days. Him and his wife have been ...
This is a poem written by my son about 15 years ago - as a result of seeing a homeless person outside the ChCh Cathedral...
The dark, drenched forest was tinkling with tuis and bellbirds, blind to the ledger book, the bill of lading, the glint ...
The Game Of Life By Jerry Wayne HumphreyI had a dream last nightWhile everyone around me sleptI saw my body down on ......
A Poem About Friendship..by Rev P E Adtey Addo
Friends.. by Rev Peter Addo .Jan 2010 People need each other to fulfill each other . People feel good knowing ....
READ THE WORDS OF FICTION-FACT
The reader reads our words and is carried along by them, Carried along the storyline, each mind creating its own ......
Unleash the fire within I am the animal that you love Look at me, look at me! And love me or love me not at allI no ......
Rain; it's never quite the same. Sometimes it falls like powder Shook from a heavenly puff Clouds caressing ......
With generous grammatic latitude and dubious poetic aptitude, should I win "a change of attitude" - I'd .....
She was only a lamb At the side of the road All alone with eyes open wide We stopped the car and took her inside.Her ......
A friend of my father owned a Tiger Moth plane We went for a flight over rugged terrain His door was tied shut with .....
Strangers smile at the beach as people pass connecting kindred souls within that place of solitude, my place; where ......
The family went to the beach one day To swim, row boats and have some fun My brother kindly offered to teach me to row ....
It really is quite sillyIf I want to grow a lilyThe time and fuss and effort thatIt takes to make a show.But a buttercup...
Politics - Halting the Economic Decline (19 October 2009)
After decades of making jam as a fundraiser for the local hospice, a Good Samaritan from Kerikeri in the Far North was ....
BLOODY MARY 1939 MORRIS 12 Part 1Jacqui MowlemAt a meeting we had at our Morris car club It was mentioned to hubby one ....
Our Cat is lazy our Cat is fat Our cat brings up furballs on the mat We don't tell him what to do He owns our house ...
The Tangiwai Disaster occurred on 24 December 1953 leaving 151 people dead. Death has claimed this landscape For his .....
In the paua brew of the boathouse I see the poet in you Long and short waves slink Against sand and poles. Long waves...
Dying Slowly, I begin to know That softly, you will let me go Then falling like an autumn leaf I will sink into the ....
The Ancestors Have Much To Teach Us, By Peter E Adotey Addo
The Ancestors Have Much To Teach Us. By P E Adotey Addo, Dec 27 2008 We are often haunted by the unknowns If the ......
This Life By Jerry Wayne Humphrey The night was so long I thought the day would never arrive Now it is here and the .....
I asked him the question, The one he could not answer He is silent, it seemed forever Lifting the moment To a .....
When I Return. One day I will be back in my favourite land And once again we will walk hand in hand Down by the Fraser...
I hate those mathematics: All that adding and division. The little numbers won't obey, Laugh at me in derision. I ...
There goes my boss man - off in his car. Why won't he take me? He says it's too far. It's never too far ....
An Ode To My Granddaughter.Charlotte By P . E Adotey Addo,Feb. 2009 This poem is for you Sweetheart. An Ode written ...
I watched a man out on the sands Selling pink balloons, The strings all tugging in the wind; The band was playing tunes....
High in the tree the best ones tease, Just out of reach. The tree’s too far from home For me to lug a ......
Christmas is? Carols Home made gifts Relaxation Ice Sleepover Tis the season Money A lot of presents Salvation My ...
Apricots For Jam High in the tree the best ones tease, Just out of reach. The tree’s too far from home For...
Abu bin Laden may his tribe decrease Awoke in the mountains to find a world peace He thought it's not cricket with...
The sheep in the paddock I thought I would scatter. They all eyed me coldly as if I didn't matter. When they ......
Mothering Thoughts swirl in never ending patterns. Did I do it right? Could I have done it better? Do...
Verse 1: Temptation in one of its guises, a man, caught me quite unprepared he played a chord on my heartstrings ...
I'm a little snooker ball my colour is all brown I sit upon a green table with all my mates around...
Badoomph. A heart beat. Mud surrounds you in your jungle Your jungle of orchestral sound The wind glides through the ......
He's a Mystery Man Afraid to let go Of the hurt he experienced so long ago. Wrapped in his cacoon Not letting you ....
And So Comes Spring...ammended
And So Comes SpringThe golden of the Kowhai, The blossom pink and white, The brilliant green of budding .....
A Moment Of Truth For Kenya And Africa by Peter E Adotey Addo . The violence that rocked the world Reached horrific .....
A Poem by Rumi. These spiritual window-shoppers, who idly asks, 'How much is that?' Oh, I'm just looking. ...
At sixty five my years of Christmas laughter have left an playful twinkle in my eye My mind replaces thoughts of ......
A Little Creature Followed Him...
This beautiful (copied) Poem had no name so I call it God Dog...I hope all those who have lost their loved doggie ......
Taffy was a Welshman,Taffy was a Clown He came from Wales to tell some tales With Bic for quill and Canon to click he .....
Poem: Through the eyes of a child
Through the eyes of a child the world is full of wonder Through the eyes of a child it’s sunshine, rain or thunder...
'An unknown quantity' 'The beach is quiet, the sand is cool and a light .....
The yachts came round the bend at night. Oh what a beautiful sight. The little craft their lights ....
Grandmother, Grandmother stood on a chair, Then all of a sudden the chair wasn't there. Oh! dearie me! alas .....
"Life's a blog, it can be said, blogged upon a cosmic web, Emotions, music, time on time, And some can ....
The majesty of mountains fills the heart and mind with awe, The rivulets of water as their caps begin to haw, ...
Every single evening as I'm lying here in bed, This tiny little Prayer keeps running through my head: God bless all...
As Autumn leaves fall upon the ground with ray's of colour Orange Red Yellow and brown I look to see from where...
By Jules Adams 16/07/08 FOR EVERYONE OR SO IT'S SAID THERE IS BUT ONE LOVE TRUE IF THIS IS RIGHT, .....
He strutted his stuff down Broadway carrying a pail of paint The way he looked in his ‘Levis’ Made the ......
AND SO THE CHASE IS ON THE HOUNDS BEY AT MY HEELS THE FEAR THAT'S STRIKING THROUGH MY HEART IS A PAIN ...
This story is a poem about going home
50 Ks from 50 Ks from home 50 Ks from the one I Love 50 Ks from 8:30 – 5:00pm And this rain pelts down like us .....
I'm just a little Maori flea (I must be , Im all brown) I live my life on this hairy thing The humans .....
I like to make personal birthday cards for friends and family below is my latest to my friend of over forty years. Wear...
HOW MANY YEARS HAD THESE WEE FEET BEEN ABUSED NOT EVEN CARED FOR WHEN CRACKED, DRY AND BRUISED MADE TO WALK ON PAVEMENTS...
So many faces, in so many places. All with a smile upon their face, grinning from ear to ear. Pictures of ......
Wee girls, wee boys and tall time by the way your smile lit up you've forgotten your sorrow of the times when you ....
I think I'll climb that mountain there My friends say it is fun I think ......
TRIPPING AROUND They spotted the tower and knew it wouldn't be long They could be right but then they could be ......
Things That Go Bump in the Night
All is quiet, nearly. The old fridge hums in its kitchen niche intermittently.Distant traffic swishes ......
SUMMER BLISS MY BODY LAY STILL ON MY WORN LOUNGER BED WARM BEADS OF SWEAT SLOWLY COVERED MY HEAD THIS IS A TASTE OF ......
~~Forgotten Dog's Christmas~~'Twas the night before Christmas, when all ......
I sit and listen to the birds singing their so sweet songs. The magpies so melodic, The chooks ......
THE FLOUR SACKBY COLLEEN B. HUBERTIN THAT LONG AGO TIME WHEN THINGS WERE SAVED, WHEN ......
As my feet tread gently upon the ground my spirit soars, to the heavens,and enfolds within itself all the ...
Poetry and much more from a Californian...San Francisco CatWhen in San Francisco's Golden Gate ......
Hope And Hopelessness...By Peter Addo
Hope and HopelessnessHopelessness is sitting on the roadside And chewing cola nuts That stains your teeth. The beggar ...
Before I go to sleep each night I look at Heaven with delight I pray to God for blessings and His love To shine it on ....
Poem Do You Ever Stop and Wonder?
Do you ever stop and wonder, at the magic of a birth - Of a baby, of a flower, of a kitten in it's mryth? Of a life...
I walk my walk and walk and talk to myself as I walk from here to there and back from there to here.Who broke ......
I have a little Granny who's really old. But also unconventional in a most unusal mould. She doesn't wear her ...
The sweetest smile Upon your face gentle tufts of curly brown hair... Cascading ...lovingly everywhere... A picture of ....
You recently published a piece about Selina Young. Some years ago I dined with her, her father Eion and Euan ......
The computer swallowed GrandpaYes honestly it's trueHe pressed ......
Once I walked on the seashore, let sand trickle thru my fingers, and if I can walk there no more, yet still the memory ...
My Endless Love Every moment, every minute, every hour Every day in my life, You are in my thoughts.... As I go about ....
I took Magic for a walk after supper. It was a beautiful evening, calm and sultry. Everything was so still. The birds .....
Is there a place for me Among your memories For a lover who loves you So tenderly? Do I come to mind As darkness ......
How can I tell her what I want to say? The sadness I'm feeling this first Mothers Day. No card to be sent and no ....
The girl at the checkout counter, Said "The weather is awful today And they say there's a cyclone coming ......
When I Dream by Sammy As I sit here alone in the fading light, I play once again for you, all of your favourite love ....
Quietly I stand And watch the sun Rise up from out of the sea. Making me wonder What has happened to me. So forlorn....
She is here one moment, and gone the next Wandering off in her mind And she's visiting in some twilight zone ......
Thundering clouds, storm tossed seas A rocking boat, just you and me We struggle in vain to turn to shore But the ......
'Little girl lost' is what we called her, I still see her standing there Amongst the tall trees, with shafts of ...
I have another little child Pure and innocent, undefiled He stayed with us so little time Yet brought such joy, this...
He was old and he was lonely away past his prime in years his body racked and ruined by the nightmares and the fears....
It happened in my childhood days the story I am about to tell. My age is 72 now so it's going back a spell. We were...
Hello Daddy Do you recognise me? I'm Luke, your little man And I am almost three. Haven't seen you For ......
A myriad of colours filtrated the sky Like some giant paint by numbers Colours so intense they hadn't been invented...
I don't know quite what it is that makes makes me feel this way when with you I close my eyes. And you standing...
As we grow older, how quickly the months disappear All of a sudden - whoosh - December is here. There are presents to .....
The clock of life is wound but once And no man has the power To tell just when the hands will stop At late or early hour...
I Remember the Christmas My Mother Cried
This Poem was written for the family by my brother Arthur Loveland, and it is a true story. We are a big family, with 8...
Old hound dog layin' in the dust all forlorn pain in his rump, 'cause he's sittin' on a thorn all .....
Lone Pohutakawa stands Stooped Bent From prevailing wind. Cliff edge rostrum Roots firmly planted in. Limbs ......
How True It Is Another year has passed and we're all a little older. Last summer felt hotter and winter seems much ...
From Monday to Sunday the pamphlets arrive, In our letter box at the top of the drive. The discounts offered range from ...
Humid skies, heat racked earth Like a mother soon to birth Ground parched, life famished Crying out in sudden anguish .....
Lyric poem Her eyes ... Brimming with tears She watches him As he walks away. Inside she's crying Calls out ...
Memories of the Kapyong Valley
I am standing in my garden, in the early morning haze, Looking up towards the hillside where the quiet cattle graze, .....
I had a dream. I dreamed the twinkling star in the heavens was my son. I dreamed my 10 year-old granddaughter, when .....
Suddenly there is a shaft of sunlight making magic on the trees glimmering, a brief moment before the darkness shuts ......
































