Best Derring Poems

'Twas spring and time for one wee lad to choose

          Just what would be his brand...

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Man About Town… Richly – Renown
The Duke Of Derring – Do

Part Of His Fame… Debonair Dames
Saved From A Distress Or Two

Handsomest Face… Ladies Chase
All –...

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Tonight feels just right
  though the moon is uptight
Still the stars do shine bright
  There's plenty of light

And perhaps way out there
 ...

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In the meadow a frosty morning chill
Greets a lazy, rising autumn sun until
Warming rays melt the remaining dew
Heavily-clad, I shall think of you,
As I start...

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Stranded in war torn Sudan, 
Dreading yet another dawn. 
In Wadi Sayyidna town,
Hopelessness was weighing down.

Men and women, young and old, 
Watched the civil war...

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William Harrison Hardy

1823 - 1906
 

I believe a fair introduction is in order here.
Not that a handshake from me could ever take place anytime soon.
I...

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A bullfrog and a butterfly both chanced upon each other.
‘My dear, you are an ugly beast!’ the bullfrog dared to utter.
‘Why froggy,’ gasped the butterfly,...

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Day and Knight


In a time forgotten long ago, in a land quite far away
There lived a lass so beautiful, they called her Princess Day
For her...

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Yonder comes the messenger
Forging thicket and thistle;
A young postal carrier
Known as Israel Bissell.

It began in Watertown,
This bold tale of derring-do;
Bearing news of Lexington,
He would get...

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On Wall Street there's a statue
Of a mean and charging bull.
The tourists love to pose
As his cojones get a pull.

But lately, that same sculpture's
Facing off...

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Eight inches of snow saw no hat on his head
an act of derring-do, my father said,
   He ascended the steps
   the...

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"Darling, where have you been, Iv'e missed you so!"
"Oh darling, I'm tewibbly sowwy, I forgot to tell you
Where I went! I hijacked a lowwy; just...

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When i share my hopes and ambitions,she gives me a derisory laugh.
Her dereliction,as my better half,of supporting my strides,worry's me.

Not fulfilling her desiderata of comfort,sinks...

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They delight in wearing women’s fancy dresses
Intricate wigs fashioned as highly coifed tresses,
Padding in places gives them feminine curves
Appearing like that would shatter my nerves.

Entertainers...

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I Stare in the Mirror


I stare in the mirror and what do I see?
An old man with rheumy eyes looking at me.

Who is this old...

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