The Classical Poetry of Rod Walford

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 Hello ~ and welcome to my poetry pages.

 I am an English poet living in New Zealand on Auckland's beautiful North Shore.

All the poetry you see here is my own work written in classical rhyming style and spanning a wide variety of life's aspects. I hope you will find something here that touches your spirit or that you can relate to. Please visit my books page here

Introducing " The Chronicles of Sir Hifford Wilkingford-Bisset"  Part 1 "In the Beginning" 

A story for children aged 5-13yrs . Told in rhyming poetry and featuring the wonderful illustrations of talented 15 year old New Zealand artist Rebecca McLeod who has kindly agreed to take on the challenge of presenting Sir Hifford to the world in glorious colour 

Check out the book by clicking on its cover below:

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Please click on a poem title on the top of this page. (Please see contact page for picture information)