Duchy Poems - Poems about Duchy

This Is How

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                This is How
(the Dastardly Deed Went Down)



Brown shirts, black boots
Shaved conscience, paramilitary spooks

Marching turncoat lockstep to the Bennie Arn band,
fo...

Categories: duchy, freedom, political, power, violence,
Form: Ode

The Sandringham Sonnet

...The Queen released a long and weary sigh
Her cherished grandson, Harry, had jumped ship
He clearly did not understand just why
His fellow Royals are joined at the hip

‘Your destiny, dear boy, i...

Categories: duchy, grandson,
Form: Sonnet

Genius

...GENIUS

ingenuity in genius,
the genie generously
gifted the flume —
the unusual plummet
from the ultimate
to the grand duchy splash.

cascading waterfall of bliss
in continuous harrowing t...

Categories: duchy, adventure, wisdom,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Anglo-Norman Arising

...the wealth of norman England is poised to grow
  towns enlarge, markets exchange, a fresh fertilising sprinkled culture
  kingdoms extend with numbers reducing
  old and new empires jostle, reshap...

Categories: duchy, england, history, identity, immigration,
Form: Narrative

Limerick: Once a Grand Duke In Londonderry

...Limerick : Once a Grand Duke in Londonderry

Once a Grand Duke in Londonderry
Thought he could run his own Grand Duchy
So he slammed door on Queen
Gave full vent to his spleen
Now he’s left with tril...

Categories: duchy, humorous,
Form: Limerick

Bianca of Venice

...Venice, the daughter of the sea
Winding paths, waterways or cobblestones roads
Rulers of the renaissance, noblemen would be
Her navy full of conquests, her triumphs all would see

From nobility ...

Categories: duchy, adventure, beauty, history, love,
Form: Light Verse

The Dukes Tale

...The Duke of Plouck surveyed his Duchy from the window in the tower, 
Then he went to meet with his spies because that’s how you hold on to power. 

And in his mind he’d developed a plan to gain favor...

Categories: duchy, funny,
Form: Light Verse