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Shillings Poems - Poems about Shillings

Leprechaun Rules
...In Ireland, freckles decorated him from end to end. Gaelic law had declared ‘“No drinking after 10:00” ......

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Categories: shillings, funny, green, ireland,
Form: Rhyme
Widsith the Far-Traveler, Part III, translation of the ancient Anglo-Saxon poem
...Widsith the Far-Traveler, Part III ancient Anglo-Saxon poem loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch I was also with Eormanric for many years, as long as the Goth-King availed me we......

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Categories: shillings, poems, poetry, poets, travel,
Form: Free verse



Missing brother
... The brother who once drank and dined with us Now orders for swords to slay us He allowed himself to be brainwashed By the men whose skins are rarely scorched For a few shillings, he h......

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Categories: shillings, africa, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
after a war and a mask
...After the war There had been a war that Germany lost a soldier found a mask made of wood  in a basement and took it home  as a souvenir When demobilized, he sold the mask to  a second-hand sho......

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Categories: shillings, absence, abuse, africa, age,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Pussycat, Where Have You Been?
...Pussycat, pussycat, where have you been? That I've been to London to see the queen? Do you want that version I told your mom? What went down was a much different scene than the tale that ki......

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Categories: shillings, cat, humor,
Form: Rhyme



rat catcher
...Rat Catcher I feel repulsed when he is near, I ought to have compassion for this cripple, a twisted foot. an arm that does not function as it should a beggar with scabby skin, eyes as black as......

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Categories: shillings, absence, break up, crush,
Form: Blank verse
Heart Attack
...Sometimes we rush around far too much for sense, in desperate persuit of pounds, shillings and pence; no wonder that we're falling down like finished flies, I'm outa here but I don't know about al......

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Categories: shillings, anxiety, heart, money,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member I Came To Australia
...i Came to Australia by Bob Moore © 2020 I came to Australia a long time ago as soon as I started to talk, they would know you are a Pome, then they would laugh your always whinging, and don’t ......

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Categories: shillings, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
I Was Becoming a Bad Child
...Cunning like foxes,greedy as hyenas,they looked at me; With widened eyes and wet lips,ready to grab me,like an angry lioness; And tear me like a beast and swallow me like the shark that swallowed ......

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Categories: shillings, abuse, anger,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Witch Sal Tryal
...Sal Tryal is an unusual witch And not the kind that eat kids. She leads a quiet and simple life Wants no bother or any type strife. The deep forest is her piece of heaven In a place called No......

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Categories: shillings, magic,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Awakening
... “What is this strange place we find ourselves in Trapped in the open, we are free within” ---------- Trapped out in the open By hope beyond hoping, Desperately groping ......

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Categories: shillings, blue, perspective, red,
Form: Tail-rhyme
One Day Away
...I was asked why I always Give kids on my streets few shillings Even though The street has no memory It will kill me when it needs It is really selfish I answered They have held it toget......

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Categories: shillings, analogy, angst, endurance, fear,
Form: Free verse
Ballad of Molly Jones
...David Jones, the best rat catcher Shropshire has ever had must take some criticism for young Molly turning bad. Even though his daughter found rich co-incidentals, no credit could be taken by rat ......

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Categories: shillings, history,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member The Coldness
...Locked inside the office Nine to five Too budy to read the morning papers Too frustruating to read the colleages Too unwilling to read The boss high expectations Too busy to read the world Th......

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Categories: shillings, endurance, stress, work,
Form: Free verse
The Hanging Man
...There once lived a man, abhorrent and cruel, With family he resided, high up on the moor. He yet drew breath, a misfortune unbeknownst, To those in his care, their fate soon manifest. His wife......

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Categories: shillings, father daughter, history, murder,
Form: Free verse

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