Counterpane Poems - Poems about Counterpane

Elysium

...I'll lay down here and rest my head,
in this arc of stones I'll make my bed.
On the moss covered floor of the forest deep,
I'll close my eyes and fall asleep.
The stars shall be my counterpane,
...

Alas, a Pandemic On Earth

...Alas! A pandemic on earth;
Spread over the earth like a counterpane
And feasts with no respect for personality.
Has the end come?

What manner of pandemic is this
That humiliated the world powe...

Pride

...No one has that voluble to alter my thought 
Towards the confines of the mortal world 
When the futile began to repent for being guilt
Despite they vitiate their counterpane to proud 

I've now ...

Skipping a Stone

...I skip one stone across the pond,
an oblate onyx dotting i's
in footles of a vagabond
who tiptoes after tiger eyes.

Perhaps the ripples left behind
are teary runes of gray moonstone
by starry...

Homage To Robert L Stevenson

...Little boy ill and in bed every day
couldn't join friends or go out and play.
Little lead soldiers marched on his bed,
many adventures whirled in his head.

The land of counterpane lay on the be...

When a Person Is Alone

...When a person is alone 
We tend to hide in a shadow 
As a group, we bring out the light
And things do not seem shallow 
Be strong and fierce 
Let your voice be heard and persevere 
Counterpane ...

Lord of the Land of Counterpane

...Look into my mind.
I am the master of fantasy;
King of the isle of imagination,
Lord of the land of counterpane
Whereon I arrange the pieces of my life.
You are long gone, speaking no more, yet ...

Read All About It

...READ ALL ABOUT IT


Stories all of 100
years old
Bribery And
Blackmail
They have to be
retold

Definitions of words
have surely changed
as Kilts And Reefers
are now explained.

Two Kin...

Beyond the Counterpane

...With the gentle sound of rainy days
I do recall the games I played,
while home from school, and when fevers brewed
when I was sick, and clouds ensued
to turn my stay in bed for days

Hands soothe...

Intermezzo of Love

...The breeze broke free from cloud bonds above
And wove the meadow into a confusion of green
While the nearby stream talked in time trickling whispers,
And beneath her old stone moss misted bridge, ...

When I Was Sick

...The Land Of Counterpane
Written by: Robert Louis Steveson

"When I was sick and lay a- bed
I had two pillows at my head
All my toys beside me lay
To keep me happy all the day"...Quoted..Rob...

Where Courage Lives

...Courageous are those in smallest rooms
Who stare at darkness and wildly plan
How a meal for six can be made tomorrow
From what might not nourish one slender man

Courageous are the women who lie...

Beyond the Land of Counterpane

...Gentle sounds of rainy days, 
   Cool dampness on a counterpane

The memory of my childhood years, beneath a quilt of poetry
    Stirs longing for that healing grace, that comes again upo...

Forlorn

...I wheel to my corner
ostracised by your ebbing warmth
unyielding to my probing hand 
in the eeriness of NEP's darkdom
Memories tumble down my quavering spine
images splahed on your rigid back
o...

Love Song

...Under the boughs, the blossom shower drifted 
downwards with the rain; 
time stood still, yet hour upon hour shifted 
the earth's moist counterpane. 
Taking the air, a breath of musing sang 
a h...

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