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Gerry Poems - Poems about Gerry

A Horse with No Name's Enduring Ride
... From desert winds to ocean spray, A harmony that lit the way. Three voices blended soft and clear, A sound that soothed the listening ear. Dewey Bunnell with words that flowed, Of horses w......

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Categories: gerry, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member HOLOGRAPHIC JAZZ
...(Snaps fingers, adjusts imaginary beret) Alright, listen up/ hitching a ride on the infinite subway/ strapped in tight/ destinations unknown/ no layover/LSD boosting, pushing past the earthly zone/ ......

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Categories: gerry, spoken word,
Form: Spoken Word



Premium Member WEST COAST JAZZ
...You can smell jazz, if you got hip to the sound, like on “Camera Three” a TV program in the 50s/ a 1956 episode featuring The Gerry Mulligan Quartet in black -N- white/ many jazz clubs come and......

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Categories: gerry, spoken word,
Form: Spoken Word
Premium Member -SUNDAY AFTERNOON at KALAHARI
...Gerry leading the weekly walk* if only giraffe's could talk ' I could show you where to see me' & 'in which hide to be'......

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Categories: gerry, africa, animal, word play,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Maladjusted
...When the sh*t hits the fan and the plates hit the walls And Mummy’s voice screeches, “You ain’t got the balls” The sound of wood splintering leaves kids with hunches That once again Daddy ain’t p......

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Categories: gerry, childhood, divorce,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member A Wild Animal Personified
...Gerry the giraffe am I on tiptoes six metres high In Africa I was born in the wild & grew up there as a child I went exploring as I was very bold & now I reside in the English Cotswold ......

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Categories: gerry, animal, appreciation,
Form: Personification
Premium Member The Get Away Story Poem
...I broke my ankle badly yesterday in a fall. I had no intention of going back to work at all. A friend offered her holiday house for me stay. I accepted immediately as I needed to get away. I ar......

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Categories: gerry, friend,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member A Tall Story
...Gerry the giraffe,six metres tall, greets me over his stable stall Hello ,as a long tongue licks my face before we take tea please say grace......

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Categories: gerry, animal, poetry,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Gerrymandering
...I went to school with Gerry Mandering, it changed everything. John G. Lawless ©6/25/2023......

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Categories: gerry, funny, word play,
Form: Monoku
A Psalm To Solemnize Pure Tin Forefathers Mothers
...A psalm to solemnize pure tin forefathers/mothers... Who didst unknowingly, unquestionably, and unwittingly script vitality and the prologue to Thanksgiving, (which theme poem initially writte......

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Categories: gerry, adventure, africa, age, america,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Squirrels Befriend Ladybug Faeries
...Squirrels befriended a soft-spoken kind ladybug faerie She was thrilled with their oak tree which was incredibly airy She asked if she could invite her friends Berry, Gerry, Terry and Larry The sq......

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Categories: gerry, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Monorhyme
By Any Other Name
...This isn’t the way it happened But it really could have been. Through half closed eyes I can imagine the scene. We’re sitting having a beer The whole troop and me, That cycle’s shifts are ......

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Categories: gerry, farewell, friendship, goodbye, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Even a Robot Craves a Little More Conversation
...Gerry Gigabyte, a robotic delight, sat on a lab roof in morning’s light, calculating earth’s current position; amid the stars found a new addition. His neuro-radar swiftly did detect......

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Categories: gerry, children, computer, fantasy, poems,
Form: Rhyme
An Ode To Gerry
...I saw you moving through the trees Unsure I'd seen what eyes had seen Through glints of sunshine on your face To shadows on the trees embrace I remember you I thought From a memory that's long......

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Categories: gerry, anniversary, boxing day , celebration,
Form: Ode
Premium Member The Word Play Guest List
...Pray silence for the presentation of our guests! Representing Age UK, Sir Gerry Hatrick The Right Honourable Rhoda Bull, her brother, Eddie Bull and their mother, Lady Biddy Bull From the Fr......

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Categories: gerry, humor, humorous, word play,
Form: List

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