Metes Poems - Poems about Metes

Worlds Within Worlds

...There are worlds within worlds in this world of ours
as there are seconds in minutes and minutes in hours.
Take for example the world of the artists and their creations
how they represent aspects ...

3-6-9 Hors D'Oeuvres

...
3's a crowd
A triplet,
trio loud

6 is a pair of three's
It's half a dozen eggs
A sextet strums to please
'tis the sixth planet, Saturn
Biggest score thrown on die
Perfect number p...

Hatred

...
Hatred
Written: by Miracle Man
8/6/2019

What lies in man’s heart cannot be dark,
Or in his head, exist thoughts impure.
His hatred for others render his life stark,
And will always ...

Humus Me My Vegetated Chokes Ingest

...Humus me? My vegetated chokes ingest!
(jokes all in jest)

Hard to believe, I orange in a lee
started life as barely visible speck!

Just in the course of healthy growing
season, this former m...

Fury of the Firestorm

...FURY OF THE FIRESTORM

as car handles melt and the fury of the firestorm
surrounds this frightened nurse
who thinks she’s dead
her husband metes out an order — “RUN!”
does he think of neatly li...

Life's Thorns and Roses

...Those who are mad 
may not always be bad.
Those who are smart 
may turn out to be the brat.
Those who are kind 
may be very hard to find.
Those who are rich 
may not always see the ditch.
Tho...

Mine Penned Umbrage Metes Rebuttal

...I apologize at any unintentional
     flagitious, egregious,
     deleterious et cetera and
atrocious (asper wording),
     which accidental faux pas
     toward an allpoetry participant
     n...

Knobs and Knots of Opportunity

...Opportunity hobnobs with doors
That open when it knocks
Bypassing entrances
That dither watching clocks, counting spokes

Enabling opportunity to hobnob with eyes
Primed to spot the oncoming op...

Crazy Quilt Madness

...CRAZY QUILT MADNESS

crazy quilt madness,
sewn onto muslin squares.
nothing square, about these cool croppings.
left over scraps become something unique -
beautiful, with buttons and floral enc...

October Feast of Winds

...I hear the heavy breathing through my trees
And Acorns angering the rooftop slate
Whilst winds invade the Caribbean seas
The hurricane metes out the islands’ fate

The sunlight ...

He's a Word Casanova

...He's a WORD Casanova
He butters them up
Gives sips from his cup
words syrupy sweet
a tasty love treat
makes the girls swoon
to his sensual croon

The Word Casanova

His words are his charm
...

Bushfire

...BUSHFIRE
                                                               by Frank Halliwell..
                                                                     Jimboomba, Australia

The sun hangs l...

Justice,So Random

...One door closes and one door opens.
My life proceeds in speckled sunlight,
dark to light and back, a shifting lens
of ambiguity, never sure of right,
only sure when the results come in
of those ...

Tomorrow Is Another Day

...Tomorrow Is Another Day

The hours just before daylight,
When sin and sorrows on souls prey.
My Savior whispers choose the right.
Tomorrow is another day.  

When circumstance metes out grave ...

The Witch and Her....

...Oh love – 
What dire straits you have landed in…
What great peril, what curse lies, 
Heaped upon your innocent lamb’s skull 
You were born under an unlucky star, 
Poor unsuspecting slaughter-hou...

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