Ellis Poems - Poems about Ellis

...MY EXISTENCE (AMY) I walk into the graveyard and see “Amy” on your stone, And know from family hist’ry you’re not lying there alone. She was not my mother but I can’t help but know I owe my who......Read the rest...

...United States (US): United Kingdom (UK): Australia (AU): Germany (DE): France (FR Spain (ES): Italy (IT): Netherlands (NL) Poland (PL): Sweden (SE): Japan (JP): Canada (CA): T......Read the rest...

...Iolanda I am named after Yolanda Princess Savoy Italian princess my patron saint the only saint of two countries Poland and Hungary When italian princesses were being banned from Italian soi......Read the rest...

... HERE COME THE SNOWBIRDS! Royal Canadian Air Force Taking off together in a golden afternoon, Nine Tutors in formation, destination Saskatoon. To bring a me......Read the rest...

...A SONG THAT WILL ONLY MAKE SENSE TO EAST COASTERS! (CANADA) A heritage that we all share, our blood is maritime. We thrill to see the Bluenose, her picture on a dime. Emot......Read the rest...

...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...