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Rules: Write a poem for National Poetry Month NZ on the topic or form described. Each poem should appear as a separate reply to this thread. The goal is to, at the end of the month, have written 30 poems for National Poetry Month NZ.
Topic: Write a poem inspired by a favourite NZ cartoon or cartoon character.
Most of you will have no idea of Kiwi cartoons; here are some links, but go looking yourself too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlAhygXLPao
https://youtu.be/IM42dqno3U4
https://youtu.be/ZdVHZwI8pcA
https://youtu.be/I2-tvit5cpY
https://youtu.be/GHxAJ6R3FJI
https://youtu.be/D80ER4SKQak
If that’s too limiting, try NZ comedians
https://youtu.be/fqWrU2NValU
https://youtu.be/nexYaMy3_Zw
https://youtu.be/AurUZwjQI58
or anything NZ you can see on a screen
https://youtu.be/kWOwe_n-2Gw
https://youtu.be/Mdh2p03cRfw
https://youtu.be/nsavEFdAxJ4
https://youtu.be/qOw44VFNk8Y
https://youtu.be/5EDeNFoEqRs
or anything at all really
Form : Limerick
Line requirements: 5 lines
Have fun! 
The finals are on - football power
transcends food or sex, sweet or sour.
Enjoy, but don’t boast;
I know you love most
who wash off their brown in the shower.
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Oh yes, he's the Scarlet Manuka
no tail-wagging half-arsed palooka
just hear those pigs squealing
it's death he's come dealing
with Horse and a great big bazooka
It could be worse
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10-04-2017, 01:35 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-04-2017, 03:41 AM by Todd.)
Prince Charles ate the finest food
with rhino horn to spike the mood.
He could only ever balk
robbed of both tail and cock.
She was in heat, but he was screwed.
From Footrot Flats
The secret of poetry is cruelty.--Jon Anderson
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The Adventures of Massey Ferguson
Down in Kumara cove
our heros adventures are told
with Slomo the scooter
in the back of an Uter
Gracie the farm Bike was rode
If your undies fer you've been smoking through em, don't peg em out
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[Video:
https://youtu.be/g9Qu3iP3RYA]
Badly burned Albanian boy,
we're the same, because we're different.
You will survive, because you're thinner,
and no longer fit for dinner.
I will survive because dragons don't exist,
nor jellybean tear drops,
and I'm not Albanian.
Lesson: not learned
Peanut butter honey banana sandwiches
just mercedes
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And a sonnet - from Bogor
The woodsman and the hedgehog watch the moon
illuminate the shadows, light on dark,
as Rimutakas' fading daytime tune
half-heard and half-remembered, leaves a mark
like ripples on a creek. The silence grows.
The woodsman sighs. He lights a smoke, and shares
it with his mate, the hedgehog, toke by toke.
The pine trees sway, and seem to dance in pairs.
'I wonder if that match came from this tree?'
The hedgehog, who by now can speak, replies
'I like to think of circles made complete.'
They ponder on the mysteries of life
while high above, bright stars blaze out their song
'til every living creature sings along.
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That's cheating -- it's 180% more lines than requested!
But pretty awesome. It's nice to be reminded how much NZ's culture has influenced our life across the Tasman.
It could be worse
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listen you lalo-limerickalo-loppy-so
humour scares the pants of many-oh
how many jokes does it take to laugh
maybe a dozen or one or a half
all these time zones and face in play-doh
zzzzzzzzz
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Bro'Town -- Episode 001 at :27
That white man's face
even his mustache frowns.
His eyes frown,
and his eyebrows point down
at the token black.
A kitschy smile
and palm,
all that's pointing back.
Thanks to this Forum
just mercedes
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Ouch Ann - acerbic! Nice, kolemath.
