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Pell Mell Poems - Poems about Pell Mell

The Baya Weaver
... He had fondly decided to do his best And win her love- his warm,cute choice ; He flew about her, in chivalry and poise, Who pecked and offered him to build a nest That sho......

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Categories: pell mell, bird,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Water Imbibes All Truth Reveals
...What is this creature revealed, when an object hits the surface field? It emits a splash that springs up into the air, like a fountain surging up skyward with flare, to reveal everything you need......

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Categories: pell mell, water,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Twas the Night Before Christmas
...Twas the night before Christmas at Muscatine Mall. There to see Santa, Sis was in a thrall. At only age six, she still believed that our Christmas gifts came from a guy old and fat: A man in a ......

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Categories: pell mell, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Wake on the Night Before Christmas
...'Twas the night before Christmas, and insomnia befell, No creature was stirring, but my thoughts are pell-mell. Would the family squabbles and feuds come with the cheer? Would I have to drown them......

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Categories: pell mell, celebration, christmas, family, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Born To Walk On Waves
...I was not born to the moors; my roots are planted by wild running seas, even so, a rolling heath is a green tide heaped into wind-sculptured waves, low breakers that may tug you deeper, or crash......

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Categories: pell mell, poetry,
Form: Free verse



Harriet Harris nee Kuritsky
...Harriet Harris née Kuritsky... Despite being a nineteen year old bride she wed Boyce Brandon Harris half a decade her senior, (where I ranked less than a twinkle in their eyes) during the mont......

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Categories: pell mell, america, anniversary, celebration, death,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member In Marked Territory
...In marked territory, I must step with care, For shadows past and present linger to snare. Each step poised, measured, cautious, slow, Falls on ground where furtive few, dare to go. I kiss the b......

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Categories: pell mell, corruption, creation, parody,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Upside-Down In Politics
...Strange things happen in politics We cannot trust the polls Life has its own dirty tricks We can play divers roles This is not business as usual Always fight to save one's soul. Things are up......

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Categories: pell mell, america, black african american,
Form: Rhyme
Prairie Winds
...March is a good time to be a thin branch in a treeless landscape. You can catch hold of a wind-serpent in your upheld hands, a sea-creature born to be the innards of the sky. When high......

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Categories: pell mell, poetry,
Form: Free verse
What I Wrote on My Gravestone -10-18-22 -part 2-
...Grab a hold of me gently Don't jab my heart with this cruel knife Understand me completely I'm like a crab, living in its shell all my life Shelter me in my cell Hell broke loose in my heaven......

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Categories: pell mell, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
like u care
...I wish people wouldn’t take me for granted… I wish people would understand I get angry I wish people wouldn’t mention things that hurt others… I wish people would not gossip and let me be I wis......

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Categories: pell mell, emotions, grief,
Form: Rhyme
Catching fireflies on stage
...I want to write something grand I want to catch some fireflies Without applauses or a band Cage words in a jar for eyes Consonants make a light show String them with floating vowels Words im......

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Categories: pell mell, appreciation, words,
Form: Rhyme
Harriet Harris nee Kuritsky circa November 13th
...Harriet Harris née Kuritsky circa November 13th, 1935 - ~ May 4th, 2005 (untimely death sentence ordained ~ early February 1935) I trot out a poem acknowledging birthday of dear ole mom, who s......

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Categories: pell mell, absence, age, america, anniversary,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Cowboy Leroy
...Leroy Cowboy Rode horse Of course His hoss Named Ross Ropes steers Slurps beers Slouch hat Flaunts gat Wears boots No suits Eats beans Wears jeans Raised hell Pell-mell ......

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Categories: pell mell, humorous, romance, western,
Form: Footle
Booby Trapped Within Apartment Unit B44
...Booby trapped within apartment unit b44 Circa August 18th, 2021 three bajillion years ago to date, nevertheless I count blessings, so please do not hashtag me as worse than an ingrate or o......

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Categories: pell mell, adventure, anxiety, confusion, divorce,
Form: Rhyme

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