Ellis Poems - Poems about Ellis

...KNOWN JUST TO GOD AND ME The Unknown Soldier Rows and rows of snow white stones, no names upon their face. Thousands more who went to war and left no earthly trace.......Read the rest...

...THE EVER DWINDLING FEW - USA Version Beach Omaha At Omaha an old man stands and limps down to the shore, Where on this sand he crawled and ran so many years before. The skirl......Read the rest...

...THE EVER DWINDLING FEW At Juno Beach At Juno Beach an old man stands and limps down to the shore, Where on this sand he crawled and ran so many years before. The skirl of pipes stil......Read the rest...

... SILENTLY AWAY (LORRIE) AS I LIE HERE IN THE DARKNESS IN MY YEARS THEY CALL DECEMBER, I SEE HER FACE BEFORE ME, HEAR THE LAUGHTER I REMEMBER. FEEL THE PAIN DEEP IN MY HEAR......Read the rest...

...TIME IS LIKE A COSMIC RIVER Time is like a cosmic river running to a somewhere sea, As wide as all existence, long as eternity. Time to be or not to be, time either foe or friend. ......Read the rest...

... OLD MYSIE “As crazy as Old Mysie” my grandma used to say. Land company made promises, too good to be true, To fisherfolk from Isle of Skye, it seemed the thing to do. Cleared up land and n......Read the rest...

...CHANDRA Down to my last dollar, staring at the floor, As lonely near two million as on Sable Island’s shore. Another grey Toronto day, the saddest I had known, No place now to lay my head, ......Read the rest...

...THIN LINE BLUE Sworn to serve and to protect, the dedicated few, We are the ones who stand between, we are the thin line blue. When towers fall and dust clouds pall and oth......Read the rest...

...MY HEART SINKS, MY EYES WEEP MY BRAIN EXPLODES, I CAN’T SLEEP I DON’T UNDERSTAND, I NEVER WILL A SWEET CHILD WHY DO THE COPS KILL? CHILDREN WITH CHOCOLATE COLOURED SKIN HARDLY ALLOWE......Read the rest...

...Grandpa Francesco Proia, from Caserta, Italia, a clever stowaway in the bowels of the ship bringing him to Ellis Island, Feb. 4, 1905. Gruff ways, often snarling a guttural “Huh,” a lack of ......Read the rest...

...1. When in Rome a) Tour Vatican City b) Be awestruck by the Colosseum c) Marvel at the Trevi Fountain d) Study the architecture 2. When in Dubai a) Learn Arabic b) Wear sandals c) Go......Read the rest...

... "Kaleidoscope" They say another wrote the story, not I. that I, mere I, having little experience, shy and far removed from such an alien world, would not possess the......Read the rest...

...IN THE RAINBOW OF REINING JUSTICE Red is the flowing blood of liberation; Black is the blood that flows from arteries of those systematically murdered and denied justice by the systemic tools ......Read the rest...

...Born two centuries yesteryear A young pair who passed through Ellis Built a frame home with rose trellis Intertwined blooms like them bound dear. Last roses on their headstones rest, Gra......Read the rest...

...We commemorate the death of our love ones We don't celebrate the death of our love ones Today is not a great day Today is a very sad day We don't care about wealth, avarice, money and cupidity W......Read the rest...