Highwayman Poems

As an underdog given a short leash on life

...As an underdog given a short leash on life

alternately titled give one targeted scapegoat a break,
an unquenchable thirst for moolah before I wake
from nightmare of computer hackers. 

I tread...

Mirza Ghalib English Translations 6

...MIRZA GHALIB ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS

Urdu poems about tyranny, the world, sky, sun, wind, night, faith, roses, creation & entropy.

Tyranny adores those who adore the tyrant.
—Mirza Ghalib, transl...

Death a Blessing

...Life is endeavored in ramification;
A striver in pain 
Someone been blackmailed
Highwayman got caught
A failure/loser lean down
Old age,hair changing to Grey 
Candle been burn out
Sun left a v...

Captain Luna

...On a horse at the crossroads a pistol in his hand
Dressed in dark clothing he looked fine and grand
Waiting in the moonlight for the York coach to appear
With cool nerves of steel; he showe...

Fosse Way

...Legend of Fosse Way

Riding hard under a moonlight high 
not a leaf rustling and it troubles my mind
In the distance there's music of the lyre and flute 
rippling over the moors
Serenading the ...

Wouldn'T Bother You If You Weren'T Carrying Gold

...There's a fine line between fortune and fame 
I was riding with the Devil till my horse went lame 
I was all alone till loneliness came 
The Count of Monte Cristo must have felt the same 
Now I w...

Finity

...dge.

The question haunts the old man's mind:
where do we go after this?
Surely we shall reach the end;
see, all things, in time, shall kiss.

Where can we go when all is found?
When we have walked upon all ground?

12 June 2018 inspired by the song "Highwayman"...

The Highwayman

...For love has come, thus will go..
But do you think I will ever let you so
You will be alone in wandering
And might think that I will do nothing..

So there I went to seek revenge
Rode my horse ...

School Should Make School Easy

...I was a highwayman, a mercenary, 
For my own moral fibre and future happiness, 
But they interfaced me with religion and tradition, 
Which offset my deep contentedness. 

They had a different cr...

A Mulatto

...Otto`s life is not
their British
sickular motto
Grue is his banner
left by his
blue-eyed Brit mom
left long by one of
those hated South
African Paki
His guilty pleasures
in Green Street hav...

Notorious-Bonnie and Clyde

...From beneath the dust bowl storm, from when st they came,
Blazing a trail across the pages of historical fame.
Accelerations desperadoes, with guns drawn, wild hearts
Beating as thunder, they are the...

Wooded Cottage of Highwayman

...Nestled deep in the tawny, drab woodland
Sedate cottage neither haughty nor grand
Sparse hovel of unassuming, itinerant brigand
Martial decor of detached highwayman starkly bland
The etched path scul...

Highwayman

...The shadows on the moonlit road
Belonged to ancient trees,
But then I saw a hulking form
That made my marrow freeze.

He stood well over six feet tall,
His face was long and lean,
‘Though dressed in ...

Upon Slippered Feet

..."come fluttering words, come drifting words to me...."
                                            A Rambling Poet



Upon slippered feet she gently walks, 
through laurel maze and courtyard lawns.
T...

' Alfred Noyles ... ' (Classical-Tribute) 63rd Senryu

...‘Alfred Noyles … ’ (Classical-Tribute)  63rd   Senryu



   Alfred Noyles’ Poem Rings
‘The Highwayman’, Came Riding
   … Still Gets Me Crying …...

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