Adelaide Poems - Poems about Adelaide

...I was thinking of the last Dawn Service I took my mother to at the War Memorial on North Terrace, Adelaide…. Lest we Forget ANZAC in Australia A sparkling morning on dewy ground A crowd of peo......Read the rest...

... 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 Amer......Read the rest...

...By Cherbo Geeplay I supposed I was a poet whose ink was gilded With rich entrée that was settled and intrepid. I assumed I could bray the stony frothing ocean and see the dolphin Skate ......Read the rest...

...By Cherbo Geeplay I can touch the rhythm of your beats, and sense the chirpy throb; the music streams it currents to my pulse, the hair on my skin rises, the trumpet ricochets, filling the roo......Read the rest...

...By Cherbo Geeplay You woke me up when I was dead, teaching the night stars wantonly to obey the Atlantic; then slashed my arteries in flight to Lake Piso, humbling its boundaries, before f......Read the rest...

... By Cherbo Geeplay Africa, this sun drenched bliss, come to Botswana and see the terrific translucent creeks of Okavango Delta, as it blends with the sun rays and glistened. Let the unmist......Read the rest...

...Imagists use clear, simple language to paint a picture. Imagery, on the other hand, is use of flowery and descriptive language, and often figurative language, to create an image in the reader’s mind.......Read the rest...

... 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 t......Read the rest...

...NOTE:AMERICAN CINQUAIN (an imagist stressed version)WAS DEVISED BY ADELAIDE CRAPSEY (William Soutar Epigrams are a similar wordplay form) Tribute to William Soutar Grew to manhood on the river ......Read the rest...

...Tribute vignette 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. in......Read the rest...

...Its rusted iron ribs hint a once proud shape that now rings a hollow gut filled and flushed by tides for the last ninety years. Built in Glasgow, this beached wreck dissolves slowly in Por......Read the rest...

...In the base motor pool See an off-limits card school- A scheming Bilko takes the pot Hoodwinking top brass was his game, Fast talking his claim to fame. VIGNETTE-ALL OF A ZITHER Across ......Read the rest...

...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.......Read the rest...

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

...I 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......Read the rest...