Write a poem about Manukau and it may be published here!

We are looking for fresh, readable, well-written poems that relate to people, places, experiences or events of the past or present in South Auckland or the Counties Manukau area for possible publication on our website.

Poet	Poems
Vinepa Aiono	Adapting A measure of Manukau
Marian Alford	Immigrant Awesome
Belle Robertson Avery	Haiku Tanka He is... Alabaster thoughts Today
Althea Barr	Escape
Tony Beyer	Poem with several names Place Matukutururu McLaughlin's Papatoetoe poems Old Mangere Bridge
Michiel van Boekhout	Swimming at high tide
Rachel Booth	Gold at the end of the Rainbow
Gillian C. Brandon	Fronts Percolations
Gregory Brimblecombe	Airport memories
Iain Britton	Cliffs for mad nocturnals
Bronwyn Bryant	On the Edge Leaving the House Knowing Home Camp Stories Gathering Dream a River The Winding Path
Marie Cameron	Thoughts on a Painting The Easy bush path Pohutukawa Not for the property press
Jill Chan	Afternoon The Strange Insularity of Thought Compartmental "Glassworks" at Te Tuhi - The Mark
Larry Clark	A Rough Sawn Bench
William H. Coalala	Highland Park boy
Glenn Colquhoun	Bred in South Auckland
Miranda Davidson/Joel	Will Beauty Save The World Now? Or LOVE
p n w donnelly	Ladies night at Lloyd Elsmore pool Star crossed two tides
Elizabeth Durbin	Manukau
David Eggleton	Manukau Mall Walk Summer Catamaran At Auckland International Airport* Under Mangere mountain*
Riemke Ensing	Bach with gulls & gums Schierbeek boven Howick* The poet is seen flying across the Manukau Matariki
Ken Francis	Tainui
Bernard Gadd	Sir Winston Regrets the Lack of a Statue a little script for Keisha Castle-Hughes David Lange Lai Tang at Ambury Farm Park a Papatoetoe periplus Addendum to the Minutes of the Papatoitoi Road Board, 1868
Krystal Gaoa	One So Close
Ambury Hall	The bee sting
Siobhan Harvey	Manukau Bubbles Whiti for Chris and Cru The Suburban Immigrant's Disease Tension at Auckland Airport Chasing birds at Howick Beach
Jeffrey Paparoa Holman	Manukau makes a name for itself (for John O'Connor)
Doreen Jones	Like a kaleidoscope
Naomi Lange	Early Birds RED ROSE
Dora Christine Massey	The Massey Homestead
R. A. K. Mason	The Wayfarers*
John O'Connor	Manukau, O Manukau!
Michael O'Leary	Otara - have a Banana* Revolution Song* Heading South
Allan Papprill	Bondsman Driving by the Ensilage Airport Thoughts Driftwood Fishing the Waitemata
Anna Rugis	at the marina the sage of ihumatao Untitled "Howick and Eastern" flight 841 occasional island
Patricia Russell	The Marakech of Manukau
Jim Sinclair	The Passing of our Maunga, our Mountains
Keith Sinclair	Ihumatao*
Barry Southon	All There...
C. K. Stead	from Scoria*
Melissa Steiner	Election Week
Tessa Stephens	The Journey*
Robert Sullivan	sitting in a bus stop* Message from Mangere*
Allan Taylor	Lament: Ihumatao Paa
Scott Telfer	Manukau The Poem
Andrew Chiu-kit Tsang	During the real estate boom King of Manukau The Manukau Harbour
Emma Tua	Seeing through your eyes
Nicole Wallace	Notes about Cleo (because I want you to know I love you well)
Barbree Western	Roses Something in the Way
Jenny White	Diva of the Night Kiosk Manukau Morning Rush Noon
Margaret Willis	Subritzky's ferry Tom (an old identity) Mist Over The Waitemata
Rachel Wong	Chicken broth

*previously published

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