Annus Poems - Poems about Annus

ANNUS HORRIBILIS

...Annus Horribilis until the birth of our Great Grandson, who brought love and joy to everyone.



Riley Beau Brooks, Born 17th December, 2023...

Categories: annus, 10th grade,
Form: Monoku

New Beginning

...Year 2022 has come and gone
Annus horribilis some say it was
A beautiful year yet for others
But that year is now history 

The new year is here!
Embrace and savor it 
New opportunities stare ...

Categories: annus, anniversary, birth, blessing, change,
Form: Free verse

God Save the Queen

...It was the year of the scorned Princess
when Di did on Charles and Camilla dis.
  But Liz in her dis-dain
  who through it all did reign
couldn’t save her Annus Horribilis!


        ...

Categories: annus, tribute,
Form: Limerick

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Annus Mirabilis-1905

...March is a time of transition
winter and spring commence their struggle
between moments of ice and mud
a robin appears heralding the inevitable
life stumbling from its slumber
it was in such a p...

Categories: annus, celebration,
Form: Verse

Young and Strong

...Young and Strong

She was young, she was strong
Working cleaning all the day long
So much to do, but she carried that load
So concerned about everyone, at Kenmore road.

Then we moved, to Stra...

Categories: annus, bereavement,
Form: ABC

Duty Becomes Her a Royal Tribute

...An empire on which the sun never set
became her commonwealth.
A kingdom of four crowns ,close held
her fiefdom and her realm.
Politicos by the dozen ,came and went
her sense of duty stayed,from ...

Categories: annus, anniversary, art, birthday, celebration,
Form: Couplet

At Midnight Tonight Adieu 2015 B

...At midnight tonight, adieu 2015!
The scandal that’s  1MDB, with its many twists and turns, continued throughout  2015…
Venomous charges and contercharges hit the headlines unabated through this yea...

Categories: annus, allusion, confusion, emotions, heartbreak,
Form: Narrative

No Currency

...A
pound
Sterling –
two forty
Saxon hammered coins;
silver pennies or “little stars1”.

It
was
Offa
of Mercia,
eighth century king2,
first issued the silver penny,
and two hundred and for...

Categories: annus, money,
Form: Fibonacci

Gilgameshs Journey

...Immaterial Soul 
A sprout abundant of immortal hope, 
a search of a pulse of love in his heart,
an empty threat vivid in a man of a dying soul, 
as the echoes in his heart race to slay him whole.
Hop...

Categories: annus, fear, feelings, god, hope,
Form: Free verse

The Bad Year Befell (Annus Horribilis)

...The bad year befell when the prior had passed so well,
With no warning night descended and a charmed existence ended
As a starving bird of prey came to roost one average day,
Ate the blue out of t...

Categories: annus, life,
Form: Verse