Hadrian Poems - Poems about Hadrian

Level of Concouness

...Borders Galashiels and Peebles
Sycamore Gap By Hadrian's Wall stood a sycamore tree
m cut it down for a world to see. Maybe the shoots will resprout
we heard an angler say. 

Her smiled signaled...

Myth of Hadrian the Dark Haired Emperor

...there are some people
I do know
they speak of places
I can't go
ooh then some
if God is real
might should I ask
the chores of one
done by two
Makes easy the task?

Hadian speak to the Roma...

Philistia To Palestine

...Unto all generations comes a time,
  a time to take and to lose.
A time for peace and a time for war -
  time to heal, time to bruise

Loud is the cry of “stolen land”,
  of martyrs and dea...

Walls

...In my youth I recall
A song by Pink Floyd
Called 'The Wall'
It Discussed
Where Fear Resides
Deep Inside
Behind Tortured Eyes


I suppose I should have mentioned
A Berlin Wall
Of Cold War T...

Northern England

...NORTHERN   ENGLAND

Steep hills and sudden

Gouged by ice, and water-formed -

This is no  civilized  landscape gentle

With  demesne and orchard

And sun-kissed downland copses;

It is t...

The Gates of Rome

...It was the time of Hadrian
18 years old, became a man
Said, goodbye to those back there
Left, became a legionnaire
Bade farewell to all at home
Serve and protect the gates of Rome
Became a mason, bui...

Gateshead Gate - Crash

...These steep hills are part of me
Where I learned to ride a bike
And gazed over the industrial haze
And ice-dammed the steep melting  streets
So the toy boat couldn’t
Drift out of control downslope.

...

Memoirs of Pope John Paul Ii

...He gave me a strong impact,
with his gift for immemorial gestures;
he embraced the sick and handicapped
he kissed the soil of the nation on his first vist.

As an occupant of the Chair of St Peter,
h...

Broken Soul Dear Soldier

...Till my words fade to lilac not
Black or maybe white doves fall 
From the blue and if I had to I
Would lie to the clouds beg them 
For shades of grey so you’d have
To let me in then you’d have to
Let...

Roman Wall

...ROMAN WALL  

Progress  accelerates around us but still
Like squirrels turning a treadmill
Past and present are the same, it’s true,
As the paralyzed  Prufrock  himself knew
Superpowers come an...

Aelian

...Aelian, you have such a strange name
It haunts me in this senseless game
While I drive with a blinding flame
You hide under layers of sublime.
Your tactics intrude my mind
But you walk a path of...

Vignette-Mind Games

...Hadrian,a man of defensive thoughts
Fortified Wallsend to Maryport;
Now fallen down,past its use-by-date
This Roman barrier across our land-
In some folks minds,it still stands!...

A. Long Learned Tale.

...........conversation.................

Grammaticus LongWindyGust
"...I'm a Lime too..." said his mind.
Her voice in time, came through.
It's the base of her name, he knew true
as he proclaimed ...

All English Men By God Are Straight and Right

...We English men are disciplined from birth
Our poker face with upper lips are stiff
We need not hug nor kiss to know our worth
God save the queen will often give us lift

Curries with chips, that...

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