Hessian Poems - Poems about Hessian

... A week of summer heat with no cooling breeze or break made bedrooms like brick kilns still hot after a day's firing. You couldn't sleep. Air conditioning back then was a couple of loud, ......Read the rest...

...the ghost mind is a curious space a gulag held in wire haunted huntress, somber sky coldest winter sun defy Cossack, Hessian shadow churn maze of madness, memory burn strung from stars fur......Read the rest...

...Pouring out my heart, it’s devoid of all blood Perhaps more knotted, resembling of redwood Splinters and shavings, fall away with each thud Can’t escape this logjam, only wish I could Pouring......Read the rest...

...The canal poked like a finger into the wrinkled abdomen of the Port. Along its length, ketches once bruised wooden wharves unloading wheat shipped from outports across the gulf. Pigeons stalked......Read the rest...

...Still clear and sunlit are the tanned, weathered faces of the fisherman, their bloodshot eyes, beanies and checkered shirts, how they stood hip deep in their boats looking up at a gathered c......Read the rest...

...French was the international language Brittania ruled the waves Sears-Roebuck a retail behemoth American Indians still called braves China an enigma wrapped in a riddle The U.S......Read the rest...

...Love hearts and scabby knees. Dead flies and stinging bees. Dirty nails and sweaty lips. Fishnets with ragged slips. Eyeholes in a hessian sack. Pimples on a tattooed back. Toys that she just c......Read the rest...

...I’ve always been a prankster and a lover of a joke. I love to see the puzzled look on an unsuspecting bloke, when he looks around and lifts his hat - totally confused. Some take a joke for what it......Read the rest...

...I look across the lounge room floor and silently I brood. Looking back is something smug that’s caused a family feud. It licks its paws; it grins at me, and knows it is protected, and every wish i......Read the rest...

...Now Uncle Harry, me old Uncle, who’d been a scallywag I’d say, told outlandish stories to us kids and we became his perfect prey. For he’d see our eyes wide open as we took in every word, believin......Read the rest...

...Resuming bulk from those which almost don't exist Stoic in my unique role, careful timber tiger crafter Tiny depicted tigers roll on wheels, pulled by strings Lasting remnants of an animal disappe......Read the rest...

...In December 1776 the revolution was at a low ebb, the patriots had lost at Long Island and the survivors through New Jersey fled. Desertion was high as many soldiers though the cause had been ......Read the rest...

...It stands alone four square, white-washed straw-thatched, small window panes, black frames, and out back chickens hatched, pecking weedy ground around a single willow. Set just a little back fro......Read the rest...

...Legend around these parts strike terror in some When I first heard it I swallowed my gum What was his name? I asked. No one knew He comes out at night in the fog of blue hue. He’s the ghost of ......Read the rest...

...Hollow Well-earned vacation at last A tough work week in the past Nice evening walk in faint fog Along the banks of a bog Some dog howling up ahead A growl filling me with dread I pause ......Read the rest...