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Gibraltar Poems - Poems about Gibraltar


This Sceptred Isle
In 1773 the sun never set on the British Empire so goes the story now the 'Teatime Islands' crumbs of Great Britain’s former glory but as the moon rose over the White Cliffs of Dover standing guard at the Gateway to England ramparts the enemy to forestall if the ravens left the Tower of London the kingdom itself then would fall and Britain would...

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Categories: gibraltar, animal, england, humorous, raven,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Daughter of Gibraltar
For a few coins Melord, I'll tell a story of two that met in this place, and here you can take your rest, and leave sumpter to graze in the tall grass. I payed the old man his alms though planning to continue on my course. For passage I searched my ships could use to fight a...

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Categories: gibraltar, angst, giving, love, poverty,
Form: Epic



Premium Member Gibraltar Crumbling
Earth trembles in fear Once-mighty nations Beset by strong threats See America, Defender supreme Devastated, Alarmed to see Their Gibraltar Wounded, crumbling USA, Fighting blades Of our foes Treaties Destroyed War Posted on January 7, 2020 N/A in Edward Ibeh’s “Pick a Title, Volume 12, Diminished Hexaverse contest Judged 1/9/2020...

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Categories: gibraltar, war,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse
Gibraltar Crumbling
the wrath of death's hands like the lash of sea erodes the edges of my weary soul with its unseen force i am battered bruised once again emotions stir inside my core rock to sand gibraltar crumbling down i fight against time December 22, 2019 Pick A Title, Vol 12 - Diminished Hexaverse- Poetry Contest Sponsored by Edward Ibeh...

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Categories: gibraltar, death, emotions, sea,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse
Premium Member Gibraltar Crumbling
The Dune on the Rock where fine grains of time gradually slip revealing footprints of lost vertebrates: an archaic human being - Neanderthal; red deer, aurochs elephants and ibex… crumbling sand unveils extinct past ------------------------------ Contest: Pick a Title Vol 12 Diminished Hexaverse Sponsor: Edward Ibeh Title: Gibraltar Crumbling 19th December 2019...

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Categories: gibraltar, animal, time,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse



Gibraltar Crumbling
Oh, I loved her then I placed her on high Far above mortals Where the air was thin She handled it well As the years passed Love was still true A stranger came With ill intent Then she stopped Loving me I could see And my Whole world Fell 12-9-19 Contest: Pick A Title, Vol 12 - Diminished Hexaverse Sponsor: Edward Ibeh...

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Categories: gibraltar, lost love,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse
Premium Member Rock of Gibraltar
Categories: gibraltar, faith, love, metaphor, relationship,
Form: Fibonacci

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