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Poem: Find Me Here

Gliding my hand across textures of fabrics that I pass For you are intricately woven into every colourful thread I […]

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Poem: Weightless Summer

experience past/present/future on this crisp apple summer morning like salt and vinegar chips has/are/will jellyfish sting my tongue toe-deep in […]

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Poem: Her and I

When I was a child, there was only one of me. I played, sang, danced and laughed. I cried over […]

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Poem: Winter Paralysis

It’s growing colder every winter Invalided by age’s barometer, My dog sullenly wrinkling her nose fastidiously pulling paws from the […]

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Poem: Velvet & Walnut

Silly music plays and a wide red smile clashes with a lurid multicoloured wig. Cartwheels and tumbles and a never-ending […]

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Poem: Bitter Sweet Symphony

Email SUBJECT: Do you love a symphony, I wait lean against stone archway cold breeze whips round my neck, pull […]

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Poem: Kawakawa Tea

Teaching me to connect To the earth and fire and water. To take the time for ritual. To return to […]

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Poem: Eulogy for a Sociopath

the sick scent of guilt pushed me over the edge into polaroid memories beaded promises strung by the hands of […]

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Poem: Like Honey*

I three months on we’ve made it out of the group chat for the hike//sleepover//getaway// to sit on the steps//rocks//oldwooddeck […]

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Poem: Outlier

Grandma played the ponies Or maybe the ponies played her. Some lame, some short-lived, some streaking past in a rare […]

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Poem: Staring out the Window

Outside my window is always different— sometimes the gum tree slaps the house. Tank. ‘Don’t come out today’. Other times […]

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Poem: Thinking Of Icarus

I catch my reflection, mirrored in enormous syncopated windows I’m a moving passport caught in an assembly line, within the […]

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Poem: Archway To A Walled City

old stones warming themselves in the morning sun stones that have shaped an archway to a walled-city come with me […]

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Poem: The Great Undoing

You are the great undoing The undoing of what was done and what has been done The top turning scattered […]

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Poem: Sunflower

Suspended, a life Lived, but not of it At a stand still While others go out, come home, Make money, […]

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Poem: The Waiting Hand

The Waiting Hand The space I sleep, hand outstretched The void filled with pillows Dreaming of a spectre clasp Reassuringly […]

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Poem: Only A Woman

Breath stutters the same way life stirs in still limbs, pressed onto the couch like pinned bugs behind glass. Hair […]

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Poem: Moon River

a few bars in, and we’re there our own moon river mountain at its back the bush purple with birdsong […]

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Poem: The Withering Flower

Like flowers in winter, I wilt and wither away, My petals once golden, Faded to a sordid grey. My stems […]

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Poem: I Am I Said

I am sad that I inspire mediocrity and complacency Rather than motivating a thirst for enlightenment Or the seemingly illusive […]

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Poem: Where The Heart Is

All is the same: the webbed corners, bloated garden beds, a ceramic heart on the door tied thrice; kissed by […]

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Poem: The Old Napier Road Cemetery (Palmerston North)

Late morning breezes stream over murky undergrowth, where dismal looking cats and twirling things move in the wind. Here, there […]

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Poem: Odyssey of Atlas

Often, I find myself thinking of the world I used to live on. Where the sun never stopped shining, and […]

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Poem: Just Now

Moments connecting by channels unseen We breathe in absentmindedly Exhaling is merely consequential Mindfulness takes effort Gathering in the present […]

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Discover our curated collection of short poems on MiNDFOOD.com. Featuring romantic poetry, timeless classics and thought-provoking poems. Whether you are searching for poems about love, life, grief, resilience or nature, our poetry category features carefully selected works designed to inspire reflection and connection.