Best Minstrel Poems
Minstrel and MuseSerenading me with vivid poetry
Her pen extends thoughts so lovely
Weaving words into graceful birds
heart-felt phrases deftly placed
Feeling is conveyed in lines well displayed
stanzas of emotion perfectly painted
Beauty not...
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Categories:
minstrel, dedication, thank you
Form:
Free verse
The Merry Minstrel of MickleoverThe Merry Minstrel of Mickleover
I strike this chord without a sword
For I am not so brave
Whence came a knight with armour bright
Who vowed princess to save
The wicked sire of the shire
Had seen well to kidnap
The daughter of the king and bring
Much wealth into his lap
Handsome...
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Categories:
minstrel, history,
Form:
Rhyme
The Minstrel and the RubbishThe minstrel and the rubbish
To a homeless in N.Y., who had a guitar to keep him company
...
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Categories:
minstrel, allegory, faith, hope, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
The MinstrelThe Minstrel
In a doorway, squatting, strumming out of tune
There sits a minstrel, gazing whilst he plays
A string of chords, discordant in their mix
Combining all his thoughts of better days.
Unshaven, threadbare, clothed as once he did
Before some unexpected fall from grace,
So now he plays life’s thoughts...
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Categories:
minstrel, people,
Form:
Sonnet
Multi-Di-Minstrel Message: Revival
KGOD presents ...
SALUTATIONS!!!
Well. Let’s just get started!
Here at the Ogden! The God den of music and soul!
So, let me introduce myself to thee,
I am DJ Multi-Di-Minstrel Messenger!!!
Thanking you for being here with me!
Come Now, experience enlightenment, excitement,...
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Categories:
minstrel, celebration, jesus,
Form:
Spoken Word
The Wandering MinstrelIn history one can read of an earlier time,
When poetry and lyrics written in rhyme,
Were commonplace. A travelling band
Of troubadours would wander the land,
Writing and singing, to bestow delights
On ladies, peasants, and errant knights.
Their patrons, be they lowly serf or highest Lord,
Entertained by devious...
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Categories:
minstrel, music,
Form:
Ballad
The MinstrelThere's a dream I've had, now and then through the years,
And I wonder if it could be true.
The vision is vividly etched in my soul,
Of the places and people I knew.
My home was the road...
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Categories:
minstrel, dream, sorrow,
Form:
Rhyme
The Minstrel of Moscow
"I follow the Moskva
and down to Gorky Park-
listening to the winds of change" - Scorpions
All the heads of state and their spouses (or significant others) have arrived and been seated for this, my last show at Gorky Park, here in the heart of Moscow. For...
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Categories:
minstrel, judgement,
Form:
Haibun
Witching Hour MinstrelWhatever happened to the twelve o ‘clock rambler,
nocturnal venturesome brushstroke sort,
they paint sound and city pastel,
never at a loss for inspiration,
weather neither bar nor barrier,
in the face of whirlwind snowfall,
freezing ice, torrential downpour,
within themselves, he, she, they plod on,
hardship is adopted, never cast aside,
while...
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Categories:
minstrel, art, beautiful, beauty, celebration,
Form:
Free verse
The Song of a Sea MinstrelNo bird perch on high boughs,
Merrily are straggling they,
As Spring invades the bay.
Across the azure sky,
High and high the blithe birds fly,
Nowhere a cry or sigh.
Now at dusk they glide fast—
Lo! Even the sun is tired,
And down the West he mired.
The trees are strong upright,
‘Midst...
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Categories:
minstrel, sea, spring,
Form:
Haiku
Mad Minstrelmedieval monsters
mischievously meander
in the mind of the mad minstrel
like maggots in mazes
his mysterious muse
masterfully mining for misery
melting in molten memories
of macabre mirrors
ministering malicious mistakes
morbity mottled
with the maniacal matchmaker
who masquerades with malevolence
masticating the meat
milking the marrow
the minstrel's music
a maddening...
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Categories:
minstrel, angst, confusion, music,
Form:
Alliteration
The MinstrelThe Minstrel
Sweet opiate flavour from the minstrel’s voice,
Will lure the depth of emotion to waft allure.
This same melody will strip the kingdoms astir.
When the singer decides to singe our creases in sinuous,
The last time you blared,contentment remained unmade.
I learn the song-mill has trailed...
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Categories:
minstrel, fantasy
Form:
Imagism
Song of a MinstrelMy heart erupts like a volcano
bursting with scathing songs,for
the lobes of tyranny,fattened
by the deceptive lyrics,from
sycophantic lips
My tongue,a molten kalam,shall
consume the valve of fear,preaching
caution to frustrated souls,now
my music must rise ,from
the din of ancient sighs,remixed
in the swelter of pain and anguish,rehashed
in the...
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Categories:
minstrel, angst, social, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
Rustle of LipsPaper rustle of your lips
is not needed to her really,
You're a knight, but your heart weeps,
You were brave, why are you thrilling?
You would strip your zealous sword,
But there are no foes in moment,
It would sing and say a word
loudly-loudly without torment.
And your ballads have...
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Categories:
minstrel, fantasy, hero, longing, love
Form:
Lyric
The Parable of the Pipe-Down PiperBehold the Pied Piper has tossed his pipe belatedly in the trash
Having led folks down some garden paths he trousered wads of cash
Dollars, pounds, euros, rolls of wallpaper - the currency didn’t matter
He gathered countless cretins, enchanted by piffle...
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Categories:
minstrel, confidence, dance, devotion, hyperbole,
Form:
Rhyme