AN ODE TO MASSEY FERGUSON - OUR YOUNG POET TAKES CENTRE STAGE

We are delighted to celebrate Harrison Leslie (10) from Korakonui Primary School as the next young writer featured on The Poets Billboard on Maniapoto Street.

Harrison’s poem, Massey Ferguson - a heartfelt and imaginative ode to a hardworking tractor - will be on display over the summer break, bringing a smile to passers-by and celebrating the rural stories that shape our district.

ŌDC staff invited the billboard’s inaugural poet, Sylvia Beveridge, to review a collection of wonderful poetry submissions from Korakonui School. From these, three standout poems were selected to be showcased over the coming months, with Harrison’s poem proudly taking the first spot.

The Poets Billboard is an ŌDC initiative that celebrates creativity, storytelling and local talent by bringing poetry into our shared places and spaces.

MASSEY FERGUSON

by Harrison Leslie (10)

Korakonui Primary School

I like its grippy tires

Its tread looks like a ladder

I like the inside of the wheels

They are as round as a donut.

I like my Massey Ferguson

It runs on the farm all day

It mows the grass and feeds the cows

No matter how hard the day

It runs and runs

I like its trailer on the back

It's like a toddler chasing its parent.