Ninety One Poems - Poems about Ninety One

Southern heat wave blues

...It’s ninety one but feels like more,
Like I opened up the Devil’s front door.
He said “Come on in!” with a fire breath grin
Now I’m sweatin' places I ain’t ever been.

The sidewalk’s cookin’ egg...

Is September 2024 Unusually Hot

...I had a feeling this was an unusually hot September.
I said this to a few people.
They pooh-poohed my idea.

Most said they could remember lots of warm Septembers.
But this warm? I asked them.
...

The Witch And The Jaw Harp

...Geillis play for King James VI
pluck your jewes trump harp
you dance then prance 
and twist your wrist 
in tune and rhythm
through the mist 
of song and on till dusk

the King delights with c...

new king in town

...Sophie, our black cocker spaniel can be a mean old broad.
She is thirteen, so that is ninety-one in dog years.
We were wondering how she would “do with the new puppy”.
My husband wanted to wait un...

Best Years of our Lives

...
    What is fun at ninety-one
       a window to the rising sun

    The setting sun’s not bad either
       though in-between I need a breather 
...

The Unsupervised Stop Sign

...The unsupervised stop sign travels all over town
With no one there to watch him, he made departure from the ground.
Off he went o’er yonder, and up and down the city street
He’d  stop in front of ...

October 7th, 2023 Upon Third Anniversary of Mine Papa's Passing

...October 7th, 2023 upon third anniversary of mine papa's passing...

Death no longer jars, nixes, 
and rattles mine sense and sensibilities
without pride nor prejudice
no matter (even with margin...

Lamenting Life Lost Before Mine Untimely Death

...Lamenting life lost before mine untimely death

Last rays of wicked flickering candlelight
even to this present day 
(October 4th, 2023)
lxiv anniversaries marking birth
emotions of ambivalence...

Aimlessness-04

...Nineteen ninety one, at the age of six saw the frenzied dance of the cyclone
In the atrocious dark of the night, we were out of sleep, fighting with wild storm
We heard the scream of people, lost o...

Reverend Eugene Williams

...When my uncle married your daughter in 1975, you became his father-in-law.
Your daughter gave birth in 1979 and that was when you became a grandpa.
You lived long enough to see your great-great-gra...

October 7th, 2022 Upon Second Anniversary of Mine Papa's Passing

...October 7th, 2022 upon second anniversary of mine papa's passing...

Death no longer jars, nixes, 
and rattles mine sense and sensibilities
without pride or prejudice
no matter (even with margin...

A Psalmody of Psalm Ninety One

...A Psalmody of Psalm Ninety One
God is our refuge, He is our shelter
Kept safe from demons are those who’re blessed 
Beneath wings of the Almighty that cares
Spared from the...

Mother Natures Materialization of Her Imagination

...THE ATTRIBUTES,
OF MOTHER NATURE,
EMPHASIZE,
HER NOMENCLATURE.

ATMOSPHERIC,
ROTATING CONDITIONS,
SUPPLY ENDLESS FLURRY
OF POETIC RENDITIONS.

WINTER ,SPRING,
SUMMER AND FALL.
MOTHER NATU...

His Lifes Work

...He began recording his findings in 1967
Took copious notes.
By the time he had finished figuring it out in 2021,
he had found all the ways you can break down a dollar bill.
He had recorded two hu...

The Ponte Di Rialto

...heptastitch  (2,4,6,8,6,4,2)


boat bridge
odd corridor
the Ponte di Rialto
first way to span the Grand Canal
eleven eighty-one (1181)
a bunch of boats
crosswise

wood bridge
better by fa...

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