Battening Poems - Poems about Battening

...Midnight darkness suddenly descended upon the city as morning peeped through the blackened sky the city waits in suspense to die. They have been working for several days battening up windows and ......Read the rest...

...I love spending nights on the lake. Once the oven-like sun disappears, things get suddenly quiet, except for the occasional hoot of an owl, crickets, frogs and the soft lapping of the lake on the......Read the rest...

...There’s starvation in Africa, In other parts there’s drought, Putin’s still in the Ukraine Throwing his weight about. The Barista in this cafe Is really annoyed with me. I’ve ordered a black c......Read the rest...

...drifting drifting off to sleep going down the Nile once when now it seems i was a child and childishly these dreams were real never making it to Luxor at least by boat bec......Read the rest...

...Batten down the hatches – A storm is on its way. Don’t know when it’s comin’ Or how long it’s gonna stay. Every market’s crowded – People gathering supplies. No one wants to be caught short Or tak......Read the rest...

...Here it sits Squarely in my heart Enfolded in the petals of a coronary black rose Withered and piteous A cloying weight Heavy Grief-sodden Perforated with bewilderment It rests below my coll......Read the rest...