Long Genoa Poems
Long Genoa Poems. Below are the most popular long Genoa by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Genoa poems by poem length and keyword.
Columbus in the New World
Columbus in the New World
Three ships sailed under Spanish colours
(The Santa Maria, Niña, and La Pinta)
And dropped anchor off the shores of San Salvador,
For Columbus and his crew manning the oars
To set foot on terra...
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Categories:
genoa, america, columbus day, culture, education, history,
Form:
Verse
More Magnificent Monuments
When we pleasantly stroll down
the streets or boulevards
of any historical city or town,
we stops pensively and reflect deeply
by the magnificent monuments erected for the great;
and reading the engraved words,
we are astonished by the accomplishments
of...
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Categories:
genoa, history
Form:
Narrative
Paul Valery Translation of Secret Ode
PAUL VALERY TRANSLATION: “SECRET ODE”
“Secret Ode” is a poem by the French poet Paul Valéry about collapsing after a vigorous dance, watching the sun set, and seeing the immensity of the night sky as the...
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Categories:
genoa, dance, french, night, sea, stars, sun, sunset,
Form:
Free verse
Ghost Ship
Ghost Ship
Benjamin Briggs a master, with three previous commands
Took over the ill fated ship, which was to prove to be his last stand.
The ship originally named the Amazon, was 103 feet long
She was listed as...
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Categories:
genoa, history,
Form:
Couplet
Review
I'm looking into a mirror at the age in my eyes
And the lines on a battle scarred face
Wondering where it all went
...
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Categories:
genoa, life, people, places, time,
Form:
Bio
The Adventures of Enea, Part 2 of 13
Enea, Embarking at Piombino
An impecunious nobleman he was,
with all the grace and arrogance of youth:
he signed with Capranica, just because
the latter (who was longer in the tooth,
with deeper pockets) offered him, in truth,
a chance to...
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Categories:
genoa,
Form:
Rhyme Royal
Not As Bad As You Think
not what you think
as the ship was docked or hidden instead in a small bay
if mother had she known refused to see me go on board
. Along it railing a group of scowling...
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Categories:
genoa, cinderella, class, confidence, confusion, depression,
Form:
Blank verse
How To Tell An Italian Pinch From Sexual Abuse
Great Italian Lovers ...
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Categories:
genoa, america, patriotic, romantic, sensual, sexy,
Form:
Lyric
Near the Docks
Near the old docks in Genoa where old dwellings stand close together making streets narrow and families live is
lived rather noisily, where women hang laundry to dry on small terraces or on window ledges.
Sometimes when...
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Categories:
genoa, blessing, christian, confidence, food,
Form:
Blank verse
Categories:
genoa, art, character, creation, culture, film, food, health,
Form:
Bio
Ekphrasis On Artist's Garden At Giverny
grand garden at Giverny
are gems gorgeously
nestling near a warm abode
where golden path lies beneath
in thick impasto and rugged strokes
transforming terrestrial moment
into amaranthine beatitude
baggy brush movement
of varied greens~
transposing from soft geneva
to gecko and genoa
interlacing...
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Categories:
genoa, appreciation, art,
Form:
Ekphrasis
Puttin On the Glitz - For Contest
An invitation arrives to my first dance
I'm hoping for some sweet romance
But I haven’t got a stitch to wear
Hope I find some creative flair
Top hat and tails and lots of glam
If I don’t find a...
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Categories:
genoa, clothes, dance, romance,
Form:
Rhyme
White Man Came, Took Everything
They sailed from ports
From Europe's past
To Ancient Civilisations
How long would they last
Genoa, Santander
To name just two
Galleons, traders
Who helped who
Distant lands
So far from their home
Indigenous tribes
Whose kings they'd dethrone
Aztec and Inca
Civilisations iconic
Along...
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Categories:
genoa, adventure, faith, history, life, loss, native american,
Form:
Rhyme
A Tribute To the Greatest Navigator
One of the four sons of a wool-weaver,
Christopher Columbus became a great navigator,
who went to sea to learn the sailor's skills
and later to discover a land filled with riches;
rejected by The King of Portugal,...
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Categories:
genoa, adventure, father, history, inspirational, sea, teen, visionary,
Form:
Italian Sonnet
The Phantom of Genoa
The Phantom of Genoa
Along the docks of Genoa a man with shoulders bent walks,
he is thin and pale it is as he hides under his winter coat.
It can get very cold in Genoa, but...
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Categories:
genoa, sad, winter, winter,
Form:
Blank verse
Napoleon's Nostalgia
Corsica, oh my Corsica.
Corsica of a thousand charms,
Corsica of whose fragrance
I can distinguish from France.
I delight in your coat of arms
with an image the replica
of an emancipated man.
You were my childhood paradise.
In your gardens I...
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Categories:
genoa, dream,
Form:
I do not know?
A Night of Romance
A night for Romance
Wes at on an upturned boat of the type of “the old man and the sea.”
by Ernest Hemingway used, the night had all the ingredients needed
for romance, full moon and...
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Categories:
genoa, beautiful, betrayal, birthday, blue,
Form:
Blank verse
The Phantom of Genoa
The Phantom of Genoa
Along the docks of Genoa, a man with bent shoulder walks
he is thin and pale like he hides under his winter coat
it can be very cold in Genoa, for him the...
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Categories:
genoa, absence, break up, emotions, solitude,
Form:
Free verse
Voyages of An Extraordinary Man
He was born in Genoa,
and his mother was Susanna;
and he set sail at the age of fourteen,
to begin a new exploration age!
His father Domenico
gave him inspiration and courage...
while his three brothers: Giacomo,
Bartolomeo and Giovanni...
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Categories:
genoa, anniversary, death, family, father, history, people, places,
Form:
Italian Sonnet
Round Trip To Italy
Round Trip to Italy
From Bangkok
Plane landed in Rome
Transit hall
Drank some wine
You been sent home in shame
By fulsome jesters
Try Genoa
Martini…for sure
A new job
Easy now
Don’t let the ****ers...
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Categories:
genoa, adventure, confusion, depression, fear,
Form:
Blank verse