Simple Kiwi Pleasures

From the eyes of a tourist
The scenery of the











 Aotearoa landscape
















On the road to Whangarei
Is breathtakingly beautiful;
















From north to south, east and the west,
On all sides the traffic flows;
















In an on ending line both fast and slow.
The awesomeness of the rolling hills,





















The trees and fauna of every shape and kind
Burst with dazzling beauty;

From the exhilarating rays of the sun;
They spread their glow of splendour,

Like the neon lights beaming across
The Auckland Harbour;




























Everywhere
Through searching eyes,































Are flower-strewn meadows,
And babbling brooks 
















And  streams
That lap up the springtime air

While, beneath
The trees












































































And in the fields,
Golden daffodils stand
















With their trumpets,
Lifted proudly towards the wind;

They herald in the musical sounds
Of the forested land;
















Now high above in the azure sky whipped cream images
With unique designs gently float on by.

And at the mountain base
Sheep and lambs do graze
















And frolic with a stately prance.
Such simple pleasures

Are found
In Aotearoa






















Land of the
Long White Cloud...







©Paterika Hengreaves




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