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Francs Poems - Poems about Francs

Premium Member Eff Ku
...Frankly, Frank felt foolish forking fourteen francs for frozen frankfurters.......

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Categories: francs, silly,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member cucumbers dalmations and hysterics
...cathartic Cathy cautioned counted cucumbers distressing dungeon dragon’s delicate Dalmatian effective Evie enthusiastically explained efforts following five frolicking frisky French francs giving......

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Categories: francs, word play,
Form: ABC



Premium Member Moulin Rouge
...Moulin Rouge The greens and pinks magnetize to my eye Like flowers abloom, in a field espied; That overwhelms creation’s invention With beauty of grandiose dimension Shifting to the win......

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Categories: francs, art, dance, french, history,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Cleihew Kreyborg
...Kreyburg ,Alfred Francs an Imagist poetry whiz Editor of Arts mg 'Broom' had he lived a 'natural' on Zoom......

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Categories: francs, people, poetry,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member On the Eve of Camerone - Vera Cruz, April, 1863
...So, the regimental adjutant is to command 3rd Company As we escort three million francs to Puebla? Leave it to the general to trust such a fortune To a band of misfits led by a staff lackey Who......

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Categories: francs, history, military,
Form: Blank verse



Premium Member Lifeboat the Sinking
...As to the this and the that and the how and the why, I pass no judgement on the tale at hand. And leave it to scribes to much later decide The measure of this nautical Man. He had faile......

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Categories: francs, adventure, allegory, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
An Ode To 150cefa 'Francs'
...********************************************** Bonsoir He had greeted the trader, for it was evening. An unusual day it was, the sun still smiling And shedding light on dark mother earth......

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Categories: francs, africa, allusion, fish, french,
Form: Ode
Premium Member April's Torment - the Villanelle of the April Fool
... April's Torment - The Villanelle Of The April Fool April couldn't stop thinking about the April Fool It was just so april fish and pranks Never had she known anything so dual Tha......

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Categories: francs, analogy, anxiety, character, confusion,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member If I Would Have
...If I had been a governess, I would have been paid. Maybe a pittance, maybe a penny, maybe in francs or yen. Who knows? If I had been a race car driver, I would have been revered By my pit crew......

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Categories: francs, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Swiss Miss
... You are something to behold as I hold you in my hand. Made of quality gold, you come from Switzerland. With a value of twenty francs, you are quite in demand. To have you, I give thanks.......

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Categories: francs, money,
Form: Rhyme
A Pound of Friendship
...Pounds, Dollars, Rupees, Yen Time to stop this if we can Impossible, I know but still When money rules, it’s all downhill Euros, Pesos, Shekels, Krone What the evidence has sho......

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Categories: francs, friendship, money, world,
Form: Rhyme
Three and Ninepence Ha'Penny
...The clanking of the mills memories of tramping up the grassy hills the river banks Francs the tap of clogs whippets and other dogs some still here, but most are thee'r where the past lays do......

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Categories: francs, loss, memory,
Form: Rhyme
The Economy
...There once was an economist who claimed Deregulation wasn’t to blame For the failure of banks Loss of middle class ranks ‘Til unemployment had to pay him in francs......

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Categories: francs, humor,
Form: Limerick
Joan of Arc
...Joan was a girl who has the appearance of a boy. She was born in Domrecy of France into the peasant family of Jacques d' Arc and Isabelle. She lived her life as a saint and saw a vision to drive o......

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Categories: francs, allegory, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Epic
Daguerre's Lunch
...Louis came to the café around one, set his wooden boxes beside a table and looked at the chalk board menu as he felt through his pants for money He decided he could afford a baguette, a sma......

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Categories: francs, art, history, people,
Form: Ekphrasis

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