Short Ernest Poems

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Premium Member Clerihew Hulme

Thomas Ernest Hulmeaka 'T E'
sent down from Cambridge was he
After some trouble&strife
settled into an 'Imagiste' life
Form: Clerihew


Premium Member Internal Organs

Ernest was a taxidermist.
Who stuffed birds and animals the firmest.
Ernie had made a name,
In the taxidermist game,
He was also a professional internist.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member MODERN POETS SERIES

Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde
wrote a novel gothic styled
A 'Picture of Dorian Gray'
and a very popular Victorian play*

*Importance of Being Ernest
Form: Clerihew

The Lone Whisperer

Alone,
in peripheral solitude, without glory 
nor fame to flaunt---Ernest the whisperer, serenading
the sweetness of the gentle wind.

The scent of a naked lady
engulfed him, with a pinkish smile
and he wishes…
for your ultimate return.

Premium Member Hemingway and Wilde

Once for whom the bell tolls did exist
the playwright and the war journalist.
  Wilde had an ego that’s true
  but Hemingway always knew
the importance of being Ernest!


           Written: May 2015
Form: Limerick


Premium Member Win of An Earnest Poet

There was a forlorn poet named Ernest
entered prized Christmas poetry contest
won necklace for the first place
took it in case, ran a race
to win the lady’s heart in lone earnest.

(Syllable count : 10,10,7,7,10
checked on howmanysyllables.com)
Form: Limerick

The Cake Also Rises

Great literary treat
From Ernest Hemmingroid
No Pillsbury man, be he....
No push-over poet....
No eat-your -cake too fake.....

He rises to the occasion,
Sun or Rain,
Yeah, sometimes...
He's a pain in the ass
But, rest assured,
It's not just gas...
© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Burlesque

Love Spell

The Love Spell
She blew a kiss 
A perfect kiss. 
My muse 
She gave me a perfect bliss

Her magic spell
Entered  my brain 
Like a bullet with
A magic kiss

She blew a kiss 
A perfect kiss
My muse!
She gave me a perfect bliss

By Ernest Badounts
Form: ABC

Premium Member Fun Marathon Poetry Inspired By William Ernest Henley

Beyond this race of aches and pain
Looms large the struggle to make the grade,
And yet the mental and physical strain
Finds me now and forever unafraid

It matters not the starting gate,
The grueling race will take its toll,
But I’m a marathoner great
I’ll master all to reach my goal
© Mark Toney  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Like a Phoenix

Fallen                                        home...
          star                         way
                  working    my








*I wrote this a few years ago, after reading the great Ernest Hemingway's famous 6 word 
bio...these 6 little words have much inner/hidden meaning for me. :)
Form: Bio

Candid Beauty Shot

Candid Beauty
Candid beauty made of gold
True, your beauty never gets 
old,
Many stories have been told
By so many,you've been loved,

True,your eyes elate my wish;
Oh....Your kissed, lavish
Levitate me to my dreams;
Nothing really what it seems

Only you is my dream-wish 

By Ernest Badounts
Form: ABC

Midnight Peace

In my deep thought,I yielded
To the midnight peace.
It shook  me with embrace,
Wrapped around me,
Like a gentle woman
That blinded me with kindness;
I my thoughts matured  on  
earth's surface
Venturing  into  the depths.
I closed my eyes and listened
To the midnight peace...


-Ernest Badounts
Form: ABC

Ironic Twist

Ironic Twist
Ironic twist 
Reflected in the tryst
Woman of bliss
Gazed with a secret kiss

Silent mysteries uncovered
With each minute discovered
Our heartbeats traveled

Like volcanic fire
The universe  gladly admired

Her!

She awakened silently
My search for divinity




-Ernest Badounts-
Form: ABC

Bettie Page Rant #6

Hurricane,
Insane—
Bettie Page,
Road rage—
Osama,
Oboma—
JFK,
Blown away—
Thin ties,
Tie dyes—
Ernest Tubb,
Beelzebub!

WMD,
Wannbe—
John McCain
Still a pain—
911,
Twenty-four seven—
JonBennet,
Turned away—
Poetry,
Geometry—
James Dean,
Was a queen—
Hurricane,
Insane—
Bettie Page,
Still the rage.
© Glen Enloe  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member "tribute To Himingway"

Ernest Hemingway;
Him had his way,
Earnest Hemingway.
Not much a poet I would say,
I like him anyway...
Had so many things to say.
Though married many wives,
Couldn’t keep em,
For with other women he was sleeping!
I know for in his Bio… 
I’ve been peeping,
And into his writing style…
              I’m slowly creeping!
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member An Ernest Attempt

(Poetry Form: Divine - not included in list of selections)

The clock stood still in shock, refused to chime;
an old alarm designed to warn,
as sneak thief scrambled through
the window frame.

He thought he'd planned a perfect flawless crime;
they caught him in the early morn
when armored men in blue,
the coppers, came.
© Cona Adams  Create an image from this poem.

Faithful In My Fashion (August 2, 1937, Lewisham Cemetery, Se London)

I dreamed I saw the grave of Ernest Dowson
Bleakly set
In some forgotten churchyard corner,
Lone and wet.

The spectral London fog descended cold on 
Sentry grass
Where seldom any visitors or pilgrims
Deign to pass.

And in my reverie I bravely scattered
Roses there, 
And felt a frail and wispy “Thank you”
Warm the air.
© Steve Eng  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Verse

Premium Member abc fun

Bitter bitty Betty bullied brute Billy
Choosing caustic comments, some so silly
Disgusted, divorced Danny deemed her a dilly.
Eventually evading Ernest, Eddie, Elyse and Elly
Forever forcing Freddie into fashion frenzy frilly.
Gathering grave grievances, grazing grief counselor, Gilly.
Harvesting heavy handed horrors, hampering Billy.
Form: ABC

Aroma

Aroma Of Your Fire

Aroma of your youthful  Fire
Defines the essence 
Of your Eyes.
With time you blossom 
like a flower
In arrayed fields 
of endless sighs.
Your eyes are dreamlike 
that take me higher 
with serenading symphony 
Spread kisses of llife's melody, 
Amongs the faceless, algit, crowd,
Your beauty rises each hour...


By Ernest Badounts
Form: ABC

Premium Member STRAND POETIC REVIEW Sep4

Writer William Ernest Henley
a little known poet was he
'Invictus' * his claim to fame
inspiration** the name of the game(s)

A stoic due to illness & hospitalisation his poem *(s) & (life)became an inspirational name  for the 'games' ,Mandela,RL Stevenson& Butterworth the composer..William's (born 1849 died 1903)Invictus' verse ,four abab quatrains, was written in 1875.

The Mist

The Mist
Cascais was enveloped in a silky, grey fog last night
that reminded me of Marilyn Dietrich silk- stockings
she wore in an ad many years ago.
Ernest Hemingway and her were a great love story
not consumed.
Above the stockings, a nearly full moon shone, it 
gave hope for the future, the lockdown will soon end
it will be ok, but not as before taking life for granted.

Changing

For we have thought the longer thoughts
And trod the road to stray.
And we have sung the songs of hill,
Then uttered words of fray;
But to Him we owe these lives we owed 
Now it's time to lay
A glowing candle in shadowed path
And humbled our knees to pray.





"For we have thought the longer thoughts "
the first line of the poem "Chapter Heading"
by Ernest Hemingway

Premium Member Ernest and Emily

I sip and ponder Ernest-ly
  Across the table from me
I reach out and
   touch Emily's hand
My friends 
  I truly understand

Time and space
  The table
But dears 
  I see each face
You're present right
   before me now
As words written 
  can allow

I hear your tears
  Across the years
I cry with you
  your words ring true
I reach out across the table
  only as I'm able
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Architect of His Fate

I am the master of my fate - William Ernest Henley


Bill zags, don't tell him to zig.
The architect of his fate;
truly an iconoclast,
a nonconformist
Famous Poetic Lines 2 Poetry Contest (Winner: 3rd Place) Sponsored by Silent One Date written: 02/08/2020
Form: Dodoitsu

White Rose

White Rose
Oh gentle  white rose! Rise 
gently...
Express the colors of your 
gifted soul,

Unexpectedly rise with the 
chants of affection.
You are the heartbeat of the 
world's perfection.

Oh gentle White Rose! Rise 
from the ashes,

Stand  strong in the madness.
Show, your true beauty in all 
the ugliness
Unwind  perfection with your 
wisdom..

Give fire to the darkness!
Give smile to the mankind!

-Ernest Badounts-
.
Form: ABC

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