Plods Poems - Poems about Plods

Dionysus Markets Asphodel

...Mayst tell them, though they leave a sacred land,
Where every inch with rich conception spanned,
With diligence, in Hades mayst they find
A path that to Elysian Fields doth wind.

So many burden...

Black Dog

...

Its raven skin follows without a 'woof,'
no bark no bite,
darker than a shadow in sunlight.
It reflects in the mirror,
staring with 'Edgar Allan Poe,' ebony eyes.

At dawn it's at the bedsi...

When the summer is gone away

...At dawn, the farmers grasp the ploughs,                              And stroll towards the fields along with bullocks,             The bullocks jump up towards the fields after a long rest When the ...

Old Man With a Heavy Load

...An old man plods slowly down the rutted middle
Of an ancient dusty country lane, unmindful of his steps.
His calloused sandaled feet know the way,
As he has trodden this path to market for decades...

Lament of My Life

...My mind is in a death cage, 
Time plods slowly forward 
Towards its logical end.

Yet I have to look back. 
My cold body lies pale
On a cold marble slab.
Dark corridors of memories 
Echo with...

Stranded By Him

...It’s getting cold.
I rub my hands to create friction
and my feet feel like they’re no longer here.
My ears hide behind my hair,
sheltering from the breath of air
that the wind throws at me.
Sev...

Behold the Workings

...A spider thin calligraphy, a varicose script
upon the shallow sheen of mortality.

Are these the genetics of a divine act
arriving as green stems,
weeds and blooms all in a tangle?
A scratchy n...

Tortoise and Haradactyl

...Rabbit brags
crazily;
Tortoise plods
lazily.

Rabbit gets
sleepy, see.
Tortoise wins
Easily.

Work ethic
is lacking;
Rabbit gets
shellacking.

Relentless,
forward, there.
T’s out fro...

Voyage To the Bottom of This

...Voyage to the bottom of this... 
prevaricated forth write Declaration!

As most every girl and boy
taught back in the day,
learning base sic life lessons, 
when going to Zerns,
now permanently...

Mchenry's Horse

...Ballaraat’s known for its bounty of gold,
and the days of Eureka Stockade,
plus winning horses, on racing courses,
where flanks of the horses are flayed.

And the offer of prize is a bountiful o...

Et and Other Poets

...The mind is a long walk home,
dinosaurs unnamable
litter the green turf
of our travels.

Reptiles shrink to birds,
the larger birds collapse like balloons
eventually running out of sky.
Lizar...

My Heart Revealed

...My Heart Revealed
Aim for spirited, boundless love of Christ
To flood everyone’s inner soul with light
Submerge yourself in God's ocean of love
Turn your face to H...

Michael Mcgregor Nursery Rhyme

...Michael McGregor Nursery Rhyme 

Michael McGregor refused to bathe
His mother says: “You’ll be sorry!
A monster you’ll be when you awake!”
Michael thinks “Fun!” – a monster party!

Michael awa...

Love School: Closed

..."He who closes a school door opens a prison." ~  adapted by poet

“Closed!” hangs on gate a frowning note;
Gusty wind scatters his neatly combed hair; 
Mockery screams; love lost his way home; 
...

New Beginnings

...Nature is an Autumnal thief; pilferer of clinging leaves 
Each one rudely swept away, but a tree never grieves
Well knowing in Spring, buds will reappear as sheaves

B...

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