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Canute Poems - Poems about Canute

Canute Poems - Examples of all types of poems about canute to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for canute.

King Canute
...King Canute barking at the waves watchdog......Read the rest...
Categories: canute, allusion, animal,
Form: Senryu



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......Read the rest...
Categories: canute, adventure, feelings,
Form: Verse
Premium Member 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,......Read the rest...
Categories: canute, allegory, feelings, senses,
Form: Verse
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......Read the rest...
Categories: canute, poetry, word play,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 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......Read the rest...
Categories: canute, hero, myth, mythology,
Form: Limerick



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 ......Read the rest...
Categories: canute, england,
Form: Couplet
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 ......Read the rest...
Categories: canute, spiritual, , cute,
Form: Verse
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......Read the rest...
Categories: canute, confidence, encouraging, life,
Form: Rhyme
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......Read the rest...
Categories: canute, allegory, day, society, planet,
Form: Prose Poetry
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......Read the rest...
Categories: canute, funny, husband, introspection, me,
Form: Light Verse
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......Read the rest...
Categories: canute, funny, husband, introspection, me,
Form: Light Verse
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......Read the rest...
Categories: canute, death, lost love, sad,
Form: Verse

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