Best A Great Deal Poems
Pledge of Love and Loyalty
...This pledge that l,Ntando, make today serves
as my guideline that I shall follow
happily, ungrudgingly and tirelessly
for the sake of our love life.
Indeed l am well aware of the fact that
the beauty......
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Categories:
a great deal, anniversary, beauty, caregiving, christmas,
Form:
Epic
Poor Man Rich Man
...I went to a poor man's house
There was an exquisite car in the driveway
I walked up to the grand entryway
Rang his doorbell
The chimes sounded like cathedral bells
He greeted me with a practiced smil......
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Categories:
a great deal, heart, identity,
Form:
Free verse
I'M a Writer
...Some folks smile when I say I’m a writer
Some smirk, suggesting I should get a job
My stories and poems make our days brighter
Fantasy often, and, occasionally macabre.
Some of my p......
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Categories:
a great deal, poetry, words, work, write,
Form:
Rondeau Redouble
Eskimo Nell and the Door Repair Man
...For Andrea’s contest
Show me the Funny (part two)
Eskimo Nell & the Door Repair Man
Now Eskimo Nell
Has a story to tell
A tale, about my last visit
Into her igloo
I went through and thro......
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Categories:
a great deal, humorous,
Form:
Bereavement Support
...My Dad, a pretty ordinary man,
Suddenly taken by a heart attack.
People are offering all that they can,
Cakes and hot casseroles we do not lack,
Hard to believe the whole town has our back.......
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Categories:
a great deal, death, father, loss, sympathy,
Form:
Dizain
Little Donald's Tale
...Donald, what are you doing with all those trash cans?
Building a wall Mom, I have some great plans.
Don't worry Mom the neighbor will pay,
I'll make our yard a safe place to play.
I'll charge t......
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Categories:
a great deal, parody, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Serve Fish
...
The number of fish species comprises a very long list.
However, one does not need to be an ichthyologist.
Just go to any seafood department at a supermarket.
There are many tasty vari......
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Categories:
a great deal, fish, food,
Form:
Rhyme
Dogma Or Mystery, Part Two
...It's ironic that 'dogma' simply once meant belief: something we hope is true but aren't certain of, as opposed to a fact. Now dogma means doctrine, something taken as fact and NOT to be disputed. Unf......
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Categories:
a great deal, allusion, analogy, angst, appreciation,
Form:
Prose
Sad Tad
...Way down yonder, beyond the barn,
In that soggy, muddy old bog,
In a small and crowded, murky pool,
Lived gloomy Tad, the pollywog.
One ......
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Categories:
a great deal, animals, children, funny, nature,
Form:
Angel's Voice
...Spoken like an Angel
From the mouth of a babe
Her words came to me so clearly
She had so much to say
“Behold, The Journey of Colors” she said,
Pointing to her painting
She had no idea how m......
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Categories:
a great deal, words, me, world, me,
Form:
Quatrain
Ggrrrrr the Spider Has Returned
...I prepare myself for a deep relaxing bath
but that dratted spider was out to have a laugh
As I pour scented bubble bath into the water
Spidey climbs the wall - he’d also bought his ......
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Categories:
a great deal, home, humorous, insect,
Form:
Couplet
Apology
...Heart aches a great deal.
Feeling the guilt' real.
Pouring through my eyes is tears;
Unable to put in words my fears.
Though am the partial wrong doer'
I wouldn't like to justify, as it is over.......
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Categories:
a great deal, forgiveness, love, me,
Form:
Lyric
Embedded
...Even though you're not here,
I miss your morning meows
I've ignored you parting from me
But, you haven't gone anyhow.
I remember six years ago,
When you came into my life
We had so much f......
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Categories:
a great deal, animal, best friend, cat,
Form:
Prose
Arni Kleftiko Stolen Lamb
...Arni Kleftiko Stolen Lamb
The Cypriots and Greeks have a few differences,
And can argue a great deal,
But both agree when it comes to ‘Kleftiko”
It has forever been, the most delectable
Tra......
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Categories:
a great deal, sky,
Form:
Rhyme
Cement Seedling
...I don't need very much to stay alive,
a little urban rain from time to time.
It's not luxurious, here in the ground,
but I'm content with it, this life of mine.
There's not a lot for me to view......
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Categories:
a great deal, life, nature, urbanlife, life,
Form:
Ballad