New Zealand Poetry

"For a child" by Denis Glover. The Poetry Archive. http://www.poetryarchive.org
 
FOR A CHILD

Cave Rock is made of toffee
And the sea of lemonade
And the little waitress wavelets
Are always on parade
When the cars roll down to Summer
On a Sunday.

The ice-cream mountain on the blue
Is free for anyone,
And Scarborough Head looms solid
As a tearoom tuppeny bun

When mum and dad glum or glad

At Summer on a Sunday. (...).