Adelaide Poems

ADELAIDE CRAPSEY cinqainiste

My tribute to this favourite poet:

A well travelled lass named Adelaide
Innovative and never staid,
Unmarried,single but no old maid-
A short life,latterly full of pain,
Her epitaph,the American cinquain.*
For the lovely Adelaide Crapsey
a long life was not to be.
In syllable,two,four,six eight&two
her cinquain made imagism anew

*definitive article link as above

Adelaide Delights

The moon beams chase the darkness away
As a starry night pin points its the way
For the Southern Cross rules the southern land
No clouds to crowd as the darkness expands

Gulf waters reflect the moons journey
A vision reflected with artists envy
As it sails across the night sky
The moon commands over all on high

Wonderful visions of my home set free
Looking out over the Adelaide plains to the sea
At night where the sun doesn’t rule
The moon tracks across the gulfs watery pool.

© Paul Warren Poetry

Imagist Mvp Adelaide

A well travelled lass named Adelaide
Innovative and never staid,
Unmarried,single but no old maid-
A short life,latterly full of pain,
Her epitaph,the American cinquain.

Beloved Poet Adelaide C

For the lovely Adelaide Crapsey
a long life was not to be.
In syllable,two,four,six &eight
she created the cinquain anew!

At Dawn At Prayer

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On day ten of 2023
I stand but upon my knee
To celebrate a rosette dawn
It's almost 5 am, heavens open:
Give us peace, wisdom, kindness
For others: we have hurt enough
Time for Ubuntu: human - being
Not human doing, doing, doing

II
LORD, we thank thee
A morning of promise in 2023

November13 Already In South Africa

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Nations thrive, connive, destruct -- the birds still instil awe, naturally 

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Heretics and falsehood abound, but cows, even pigs, in town, reassure us of survival.

NOTE: In cities& towns in South Africa, the changes since Nelson Mandela's revolution, allows mainly black farmers & persons to let livestock roam towns for leftovers, rarely herding them.. Some eat plastic bags. Two are sleeping on the sidewalk, next to our only hotel, in Kerk Street, as  I write/ edit

Walkin In Adelaide

Saw the ghost of Bradman
Strolling out onto the Oval
On a Summer’s afternoon
And I heard the sound of leather on Willow
As he followed on through
On a wet Saturday afternoon 
Saw the ghosts of Fos Williams and Jack Oatey
At the Alberton Oval in the rain
As the ball was kicked on through 
And the crowd gave its usual refrain 

Walkin’ in Adelaide
With my feet ten feet off Rundle Mall
Walkin’ in Adelaide
Do you know how it feels?

Put on my RMs and drove my Holden down
Crossed over the Torrens River
Roy Rene I see handy
On Hindley Street in the footpath
And he was always ready for a laugh
And saw the ghost of  Sir Tom Playford
At the Adelaide Railway Station
From the morning train
He walked up to the door of the House
And he walked on through

Walkin’ in Adelaide
With my feet ten feet off Rundle
Walkin’ in Adelaide
Do you know how it feels?

© Paul Warren Poetry

To My Gorgeous Adelaide

You're more than a story to write;
You're more than a song to sing.
I wish by day, I wish by night,
That you would be my queen.

I'm not sure how in words,
I could really write or speak.
I really thought you were,
All my very own, for me.

Summer Warriors of the Adelaide Hills 21 January 2021

The rain falls and quench’s the ground
As it strikes the dry dust around
For fire sets the hills ablaze and will destroy
Until nature intervenes in rainfall and heartfelt joy

The smoke above the hills leaves
As in this summer we do grieve
For what we lose to the fire 
In these summer times that are quite dire

For the Australian sun blazes down so deep
Into our souls we battle hoping not for defeat
For the brave Summer warriors stand against the living flame
As in praise these fighters we do acclaim.

© Paul Warren Poetry

U2 In Adelaide South Australia

On Tuesday 19 November, 2019, at Adelaide Oval on a barmy evening
The stage is set for U2’s Joshua Tree concert appealing
Playing to 40,000 fans such a buzz
Each song played a hit in their rock show for us

A street with no name with a never ending road
And Sunday Bloody Sunday got the crowd in rock mode
Such a night among the stars
With or without you was one of my favourite musical bars

And Pride was echoing around the ground
With I still haven’t found what I’m looking for the sound
At the end they played their heart out
And the crowd had something to shout about.

© Paul Warren Poetry

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Port Adelaide Proud

When I smell the sea
It reminds me so eagerly
Of Port Adelaide and how it’s made
Those great football deeds and escapades

Of our passionate crowd 
Singing out so loud and proud
And our names like Williams, Wanganeen and Boak
And that September day when we beat the choke

So don’t lower your head and despair
Because we will get there
We will have new heroes who will amaze
And whose names live on for all our days.

© Paul Warren Poetry

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Adelaide the Number One Imagist

repost inspired by Constance contest

A well travelled lass named Adelaide
Innovative and never staid,
Unmarried,single but no old maid-
A short life,latterly full of pain,
Her epitaph,the American cinquain.

Tribute vignette to Adelaide Crapsey,the creator of the American Cinquain form

and clerihew tribute

An American imagist Adelaide Crapsey
one day, freed me, to be me
her cinquained syllables ,I confess
awakened the poetic, I guess

Adelaide Crapsey- My Poetic Inspiration

ADELAIDE CRAPSEY-IMAGIST

A well travelled lass named Adelaide
Innovative and never staid,
Unmarried,single but no old maid-
A short life,latterly full of pain,
Her epitaph,the American cinquain.

Tribute vignette to Adelaide Crapsey,the American creator of the Cinquain form, my poetic inspiration.

re-post inspired by Brenda's contest

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