Canute Poems - Poems about Canute

THE COLD EMBRACE OF DEATH

...THE COLD EMBRACE OF DEATH

For some, an imminent death is quite OK
Especially if by then, they’ve had their day
It’s that or continued chronic pain, anyway
But the decision should only ever be t...

King Canute Would Play His Flute

...King Canute would play his flute,
And dance upon his nose;
And all the while a symphony
He’d languidly compose.
...

Summer Decay

...
Summer decay is all around
Autumn with stealth creeps slowly in
Robin is happy making trilling sound
Mother Nature busy she will always win.

Like Canute, we cannot halt the tide
Seas...

King Canute

...King Canute
barking at the waves
watchdog...

The Stupidity of Man

...The stupidity of man

The leaders of Europe are gripped by a collective madness
Like swimmers in a river feeling the pull of the current, think
There is time to swim ashore where banks are not so...

I Sense

...languid doldrums, swaying lanyard, sails hanging loose

  dreary small drums reverberate, neurons dumbing down

  nerve ends fuse, sunlit shadows depict my numbing frown

  feelings grind dull,...

A Short Poem

...My poems are growing longer
When reciting I run out of puff
My lungs, once much stronger
Struggle with long-winded stuff

So, I'm writing this short refrain
To curb my penchant to ramble
I'm t...

Legandary - For: Your Favourite Legend Contest

...A chronological anthology
Of legends, folk lore and mythology
There’s no one called Eric
Or Ethel or Derek
For which I shall make no apology

Samson just got himself sheared
Delilah had cut of...

You Don'T Have To Speak English Well, Or Even At All, To Be a British Monarch

...William the First was our last king to come uninvited
though invincible armadas have sometimes been sighted.

Foreign kings were imported in cases of doubt.
Native kings had the habit of getting ...

Ten Centuries of Our Heritage

...Roman conquest introduced new religion
law and customs.
Christianization was also influenced by Celtic Christianity
and it was sanctioned through the ages.

Many of our priests went straight to ...

Relentless Sea

...We live on the idyllic Island of Cyprus.
In 2008 this place became home for us.
Surrounded by The Mediterranean  Sea,
It is that very sea than unnerved me.
I have spent many hours down at the bea...

What a Waste

...We throw away everything
We produce too much
We damage the earth 
We do ourselves a great harm 

A wasteful society we are
We use up and pollute
Sparing no thought for tomorrow

Earth is a b...

The Ghost of Bill Zison

...A Penn Valley phantom appears to haunt and lurk
   premises at 1148 Greentree Lane
his youngest daughter (Abby) I pledged my troth and, natch won my Zison’s 
Dunkirk
  ire and vindictiveness akin...

The Ghost of Bill Zison

...A Penn Valley phantom appears to haunt and lurk
   premises at 1148 Greentree Lane
his youngest daughter (Abby) I pledged my troth and, natch won my Zison’s 
Dunkirk
  ire and vindictiveness akin...

Forever Lost

...Sharp, the chill sends messages bleeding 
Icicles along the contours of my very spine, 
Lashing out in my brain, 
Truth targeting each cell it can locate or define. 
I am King Canute sat on the s...

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