Catherine Poems - Poems about Catherine

Twenty-five years of saying the Rosary Twenty-five years a promise to keep A last dying wish her beads in my hand Not one day I’ve missed — or one restless sleep (The 1st Book Of Prayers: January, 2025) ...

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I always said tether to the void Not any idealistic reason or choice Now suspended I know why I’ve been devoid Because how can one speak with an inside voice Where no one can hear you outside yourself Dawn of this maleficent sentience mind shatter Here the fray was an epitaph of useless matter Hand-forged in this, I saw vigorously vile limbs Skulking...

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Queen Catherine knew Henry’s intention, her husband had an evil heart He tried to divorce or annul her, so he could marry Anne, his little tart. They had been married twenty-four years, the Catholic church said no. King Henry VIII was so arrogant, he started a baby-fit-kind-of-show Had himself declared the head of the church, threw out the pope Catherine’s...

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The lower staircase from which I stumble, The higher staircase of hope that crumble. The letter of destiny that I hold, The colour of mourning that I wore. The fleeting glances that I stole, To be known and to be bold. As the sky pours, shedding it's tears I stood there watching my hopes disappear. Down that old town road, with garlands Of...

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Here lies Jodie Catherine Lynn Fox Slipped and fell in a patch of phlox Hit her head on a stone There she lay silent prone We put her remains in a new frocked box Written June 2, 2022...

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The Old Man Could See By Cat Ferman UCLA, 1969 My dad's late for class again. He spots a girl from Sweden And asks her out again. My mom says so unsure, but calmly and kind, "I suppose that would be alright, I guess that'll be just fine." And from that moment on They stayed together In the warm weather Making each...

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Catherine, behave yourself! Can't you be like Bianca? Somebody straighten her out. Where's Petruchio? Based on the play "The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare ...

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She had no idea what a fantastic legacy of enlightenment she left She was assertive woman who took no guff from any mortals. Her self-confidence was well known; she was feared by men. She gladly overthrew her husband and her cousin to get power Perhaps she sensed she would only live to the age of sixty-seven. But...

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I gave my heart to someone in the rain, the clouds exploding, witness to my vows The water carrying away each fervent wish —to stream in happy aqueducts of love (Dreamsleep: January, 2021) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imCOi7pqKh0...

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in mind thoughts are waste heartbeats at hummingbird pace axe raised her crime ~ raped By David Kavanagh...

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Madame Catherine with her bouffant so big and mighty She wears her blue silk frock and pantaloons with attitude all righty We see her in the garden, putting on airs, for she is the queen. If you do not believe me, look at the butterflies give her their sheen. Madame Catherine is too prim and proper to use a...

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Now stand you on the top of happy hours— Or so the mirrors 'round your glass realm show Man of beauty, charm, and stunning power, I will cackle as you are brought down low. For though you claim a crown of gilded wind And stride upon a path of shining zinc What are you but a foolish child chagrined Content in pretending...

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on Ste-Catherine hands out for spare change eyes never meeting posted on April 26, 2019...

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“We’re all human” my Grandmother used to say —some of us are just more human than others (Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)...

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Nuit magique (Awesome Night) Catherine Lara (A lilting catchy French tune with a " barbed " message addressed to oneself or to any damsel in distress. Free translation by T. Wignesan) Okay Il n'y avait rien à faire (One felt free with nothing to do) Okay Dans cette ville étrangère (In that foreign outpost) Okay Tu étais solitaire (You were all alone) Okay J'avais l'cœur...

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