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Goodbye Rangi

Cerise transports me along the bays Past Milford marina Who lies lethargic As a glass lake Passing through Mairangi Long-lashed sea mist Blinks seductively Teasing in swells Climbing up the hill to...

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Rangitoto I

Lilac ripples sprinkled over turquoise sea Sunset offers Rangitoto a pink crown Pastel clouds slowly seeping liquid colour as sky lights flicker Waning ochre flame that is day asphyxiated by twilight...

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Pregnant

Today the ocean is pregnant Heaving with laboured movements Straining to push the grey expanse Toward the rocky shoreline Exhaling as she unleashes a swell Sighing She lingers, until A bellow...

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Stacks

A fire-engine red tugboat chugs past Rangitoto island, smoke billowing from chimney stacks, leaving land behind. Beer coloured sea grass, and stranded orange sea coral arranged in mini haystacks, the...

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Red Lantern

Red lantern Swaying in the sea- breeze clink clink clink fragrant salt air clinging to stained glass windows crawling under mahogany doors Cool blue ocean breeze caressing rose-pink clammy cheeks that...

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The Secret Bench

Image Source: http://www.spencerbyron.co.nz/gallery.html The Secret Bench Smelling the sea is not dependable, but today, the air is thick with the pungent scent of salt, and this heady scent dances...

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Seagulls

Image source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryhollis/6995892859/ The seagull flies gracefully overhead then dips and settles elegantly at the waters edge Scanning shallow stretches of blue and cold...

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To the Rocks

Sand sparkles, as a jewel-encrusted tapestry, with fragmented copper shells and marbled pebbles. Champagne bubbles left behind by rupturing waves that run up the beach with crackling shells under foot....

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Jar of Secrets

I carried my jar of secrets step by childhood step through prickly clumps of wild grass and filmy spider nets I dug my nails into my hand step by blistered step as I crossed the solar powered tar and...

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Ocean (Acrostic)

This Acrostic Poem is the first of several poetry forms that I’m experimenting with. i. Overland to the ocean Cobalt waves crashing against cliffs Endless swells swimming to shore Albatross fly in the...

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