"Easter, 1916" I have met them at close of day Coming with vivid faces From counter or desk among grey Eighteenth-century houses. I have passed with a nod of...
Guest poem submitted by Gopal Shenoy, <Gopal.Shenoy@...>: "Nothing Gold Can Stay" Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's...
"Carentan O Carentan" Trees in the old days used to stand And shape a shady lane Where lovers wandered hand in hand Who came from Carentan. This was the...
Guest poem submitted by Erin Mansell, in response to our "Sea Poems" theme from a few weeks ago: "A Sea Dirge" There are certain things--as, a spider, a ghost,...
Guest poem submitted by Frank Maher: "Corsica" (Before the Walk) Curtains fluttering by an open window The coffee is already steaming downstairs Looking out at...
Guest poem submitted by Frank O'Shea, <foshea@...>: "Faces in the Street" They lie, the men who tell us for reasons of their own That want is here a...
Back in action - many thanks to Thomas for covering the while 'Lines on and from "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations"' ("Sir: For the first time in twenty-three...
"At Stratford-Upon-Avon" Thus spake his dust (so seemed it as I read The words): Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbeare (Poor ghost!) To digg the dust enclosèd...
Guest poem sent in by Simon <skoppel@...> The Aldrich (Poem #1018) prompts me to suggest this one (can't believe you've only had one Elizabeth Jennings...
Guest poem submitted by Priya Chakravarthi, <priya.chakravarthi@...>: "A Prayer For My Daughter" Once more the storm is howling, and half hid Under this...
The story goes that back in the 17th century, a grand poetry contest was held in Matsushima, one of the most scenic spots in all of Japan. Hundreds of poets...
"Buckingham Palace" They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace - Christopher Robin went down with Alice. Alice is marrying one of the guard. "A soldier's life...
This week's theme: the ever-popular triple rhyme. Contributions, as always, welcome. 'The Soldiers of our Queen' DRAGOONS: The soldiers of our Queen Are linked...
"Faint Music" The meteor's arc of quiet; a voiceless rain; The mist's mute communing with a stagnant moat; The sigh of a flower that has neglected lain; That...
Carrying on with the triple rhyme theme... 'Thais' One time in Alexandria, in wicked Alexandria Where nights were wild with revelry and life was but a game, ...
'The Prodigal Son' Here come I to my own again, Fed, forgiven and known again, Claimed by bone of my bone again And cheered by flesh of my flesh. The fatted...
'Prayer (to the sun above the clouds)' Sun that givest all things birth Shine on everything on earth! If that's too much to demand Shine at least on this our...
"Wild Strawberries" Strawberries that in gardens grow Are plump and juicy fine, But sweeter far as wise men know Spring from the woodland vine. No need for...
Minstrels FAQ Version 1.3 Created 09 Feb 2000 This version 07 Apr 2002: A15 updated. 1. Errm, what exactly is the Wondering Minstrels? The Wondering Minstrels...
Guest poem submitted by Zenobia Driver, <ZDRIVER@...>: "Words" Out of us all That make rhymes Will you choose Sometimes - As the winds use A crack in...
This week's theme - war poems with unusual perspectives 'What the Bullet sang' O Joy of creation, To be! O rapture, to fly And be free! Be the battle lost or...
Carrying on with the theme: "The Hand That Signed The Paper" The hand that signed the paper felled a city; Five sovereign fingers taxed the breath, Doubled the...
'Range Finding' The battle rent a cobweb diamond-strung And cut a flower beside a ground bird's nest Before it stained a single human breast. The stricken...
Guest poem submitted by Martin Davis, <mdavis@...>: It suddenly occurred to me that the Minstrels' collection of Wilfred Owen poems doesn't include this...
"Prayer before Birth" I am not yet born; O hear me. Let not the bloodsucking bat or the rat or the stoat or the club-footed ghoul come near me. I am not yet...
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