Hannibal Poems - Poems about Hannibal

...I was born into a war I was born into a war I Was born into this war And I couldn’t even talk I didn’t know how to walk I hit the ground surviving Heavy fire, Heavy losses Broken will br......Read the rest...

...Atilla was a Huney and Goliath too ~ when compared to you Hitler was a madman, evil at his core ~ a creature to abhor Empowering Iraq was Saddam Hussein ~ the tyrant was insane Himmler was r......Read the rest...

...Seven Morning Stars In the western Carpathian piedmont Which my grandfathers left long before, The peregrine falcon flees likewise From a tableau of fresco tradition, Superstition, and tempera......Read the rest...

...Marcus Twain was a clever man, from Hannibal, Missouri, who actually made his living as an author way back when, Who'd - through his notoriety for kindling 'confrontations' - acquired a reputation a......Read the rest...

...When does one rash courage summon To do a thing quite uncommon Like king David's son, Amon: The negatively uncommon One wouldn't link with Solomon Nor with the Quite Normal Human With no busine......Read the rest...

...Shortly after the quake Francie began experiencing the familiar morning sickness that had plagued her when she carried her son . She had hoped to be spared but just as she began her third month as......Read the rest...

...an elephant summer night the thunder roars the lightening sneaks quick peeks through the darkness… staccato cosmic tears gently fall in a beautiful rhythmic splashing… the piercing pai......Read the rest...

...I dream to be Hannibal But my neighbor Cannibal… Hannibal might be A Failure But he`d owned some Tense Tenure: A Nightmare to Tough Roman, Some shaking like A Woman… I long to be Hannibal ......Read the rest...

...Like Hannibal we crossed the pass and crossed the Alps (okay, the Brynderwyn Hills) and a bridge too far on north-west passage. From out of the Valley of Mizpah to the fires of perdi......Read the rest...

...Who am I? I am a lion who comes out as a goat I am an ocean with waves big enough to drown I am a child of Mesopotamia A descendant of Shaka Zulu Baptized in the Nile I depict the sword of M......Read the rest...

...When still young, I learned to make ch......Read the rest...

...HOBO CHRISTMAS PAST (Hannibal, Ill., 1960) Old toothless queen with rheumy eyes, I'm seeing you again, across a smoky fire– near an underpass, hillside grey with weather. ......Read the rest...

...The blue hills are always there Always on the edge Below the sand dune Clouds Above The blue hills are always there Waiting to be climbed Crossed Conquered They seek to challenge One's comp......Read the rest...

...12/30/20 Feeling like a human Trying to avoid financial ruin With marijuana and alcohol, I've been abusive Yet I've still been lucid Not completely useless Despite me being foolish To ......Read the rest...

...Hannibal L. It was during a time I was visiting, in a cell that felt like hell, a doctor and killer most riveting. I shall call him Hannibal L. This psychiatrist - he had feelings for me, and......Read the rest...