Poems

Poem: The Withering Flower

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Poem: Odyssey of Atlas

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

Poem: Just Now

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

Poem: Lifeline

If my soul shatters, My father will use his love to put the pieces back together If my body freezes […]

Poem – Joy: Lost and Found

I Something’s distorted The newspaper reported Executive pay A thousand times minimum wage ‘It’s what I’m worth’ say The kings […]

Poem: A Blue Kitchen with Yellow Accent Tiles

i hope to find a blue kitchen with yellow accent tiles one we can fill with chachkies and wedgewood and […]

Poem: Zerbrochenes Mosaik (Shattered Mosaic)

“I wrote this poem after an enlightening and heartbreaking conversation I was lucky enough to have with a Holocaust survivor prior to the world shutting down in 2020.” says the poet.

Poem: Daylight Waking Daylight Sleeps

Heavy with steaming breath, a mildewy musk greets piqued nostrils as night’s spittle hanging heavily, trees freshening by darkness gone […]

Poem: Chaos Theory

males may hold the controls but women can still outwit Menelaus’s wife, Helen, was the reason for the Trojan women […]

MiNDFOOD Poem: Eternal

Lanterned streetlights reflect the rain on the cobblestones The trattoria in the alley is open until four Couples with linked […]

MiNDFOOD Poem: Milk and Honey

I stayed so long in the darkness it became a circle of light. Other women joined me: my mother, her […]

Poem: The Last Dance

Gentle man, take your position for the last dance. An aging glide across the back door And you’re there, […]

MiNDFOOD Poem: Blue Sports Coupé

Then there was the man who drove the pale blue sports coupé, who’d pull in to the kerb on that […]

Poem: Te Toroa – The Albatross

Bill snaps, sky calling, rose pink yammering! A lighthouse blinks, splashing stars upon the rocks. Curling paths, ribboning into the […]

Poem: The Colours of Fortune

It was years ago, the ship sailing us slowly into a fragrant harbour vibrating with red lanterns and slender girls […]

MiNDFOOD Poem of the Month: Keeping Time

Aunty kept you in a house on a wall no ordinary time keeper we in the innocence of playground laughing […]

MiNDFOOD Poem of the Month: 10 Haikus for 10 Days in Japan

Day 1, Tokyo The buildings close now As the late summer pulls in A strange soup, this warmth Day 2, […]

Poem: The Key

Like Cinderella’s missing shoe, there is one key to fit this lock. I ponder unbound possibilities, Fantasies of freedom behind […]

Poem: The Kererū

Cardinal red talons tightly grip on a blooming budding branch. A snow side apron brushes over the olive feathers. Elegant […]

Poem: Another Dream-State Love

I’ve spent quite a long time trying to find the words to say this but none of them ever seem […]

Poem: Blue Curtains

You see, everyone wants to know what’s wrong. Why the curtains are blue, why the holes aren’t mended, the stains […]

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