Best Aden Poems

No Niihau friend
To see forbidden Aden
Where the time stands still

=======================

Fourth Placement
Contest: Tropical Treasures...

Read more of this work...

>I have been married now for forty-nine years, it will be fifty next year In 2017.  I have no regrets.  But there was...

Read more of this work...

A HAUNTED FISHER

	A hawk - sighted and decided young fisher;
          Traps skillfully, fishes for his wisher;
	Waving...

Read more of this work...

Somali Pirates prowl the Gulf of Aden
For merchant vessels with cargo laden
From the tenement rows of Puntland
Poor fishermen, ex-militia turned brigand
Now pledge fealty to the...

Read more of this work...

On the street between the impeachment
and castle a divine release was being
enacted engaging the durable peace in seething winter.
A somber black cloud of smoke was
slowly...

Read more of this work...

Our two youngest grandchildren visited yesterday…Aden is 18 and Ava turns 16 in September…we opened a time capsule made 12 years ago and took time...

Read more of this work...

On the street between the impeachment
and castle a divine release was being
enacted engaging the durable peace in seething winter.
A somber black cloud of smoke was
slowly...

Read more of this work...

There once was a lusty bar-maiden
Born in the Republic of Aden --
   You'd order your drink
   She'd give you a wink...

Read more of this work...

A Man from Sweden
There was a man from Sweden,
Who married a Yemeni maiden,
He had to wear the futah,
And daily eat the Saltah,
So he could lead...

Read more of this work...

There was a time when I had more hair and I was, I imagine, a little thinner…when our family gathered around one table to enjoy...

Read more of this work...

It's claimed
that each of us is a unique piece from God;
How amazing! 
Well, then, somebody tell me 
why we are not able to come together...

Read more of this work...