Rolfe Poems

Seven Metres

...If you approach anyone
Remember always
There is seven metres
To be safe 
From a blade

He was a violent offender 
Who beat his girlfriend often
And he broke the law 
Acts his community would...

Categories: rolfe, death, life, murder,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Age Disparaged

..."The body, like the oak, is bent and gnarled,
The shallow-rooted mind is overthrown,
When we are near the evening of the world."
---From, 'Runes for an Old Believer", by Rolfe Humphries

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Categories: rolfe, age, anti bullying, anxiety,
Form: Free verse

I Love America, Differently, In Fuller History

...I
The Servants of Free Men on the Mayflower
Knew "abundant life" in Jesus, Great Savior
Two servants, too, rose up to sign The US Constitution
Lover of His Morals, Binder of America's First Bible...

Categories: rolfe, america, appreciation, celebration, community,
Form: Verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

The Bath

...An ordinary Australian from an ordinary country place
Who rallied to the flag's call with god's good grace
He was one of the 33rd Battalion "New England's Own"
Into this swirling maelstrom they we...

Categories: rolfe, world war i, ,
Form: Ballad

Louis Rolfe

...Louis has a sports centre named after him, 
At his local Cambridge Regional college;
He’s a C2 para-cyclist, has Cerebral Palsy, 
Plus hydrocephalus, was fired by 2012.

So after these very succ...

Categories: rolfe, sports, strength,
Form: Blank verse

Love Is Truth-A Joy For Ever-

...True love never dies it’s black and white in books
Love is not love that alters when finds alteration
Love stories are fantasies giving joy to the world
Ideal love is an object set for lo...

Categories: rolfe, joy, love, truth, ,
Form: Sestina

Love Is Truth-A Joy For Ever-W

...True love never dies it’s black and white in books
Love is not love that alters when  finds alteration
Love stories are fantasies giving joy to the world
Ideal love is an object set for lovers, fo...

Categories: rolfe, beauty, joy, love, ,
Form: Sestina