Short Ivan Poems

hurricane ivan--
      broken trees and power lines
            teardrops in crushed homes...

Read More

George Ivan Morrison
the singing Irishman
really earned his money
my favorite song is Tupelo Honey
...

Read More

Piggable - Jiggable
Ivan the Terrible
Strangely proposed to 
Elizabeth One.
Russian society,
Antiediluvian,
Made her refuse him
Spoil his fun....

Read More

she gave me a call
Seconds after she pulled u outta her womb,
Ur mum is the greatest woman alive
So we named u ivan,our gift
From the Great Spirit,GOD that is....

Read More

she gave me a call
Seconds after she pulled u outta her womb,
Ur mum is the greatest woman alive
So we named u ivan,our gift
From the Great Spirit,GOD that is....

Read More

Irritating Ivan liked to irk and vex
Especially irritating our Great Aunt Hex
Ignore him said her husband, laid-back uncle Dex
Not knowing that Ivan was Aunt Hex’s ex...

Read More

I-nspiring
V-erse
A-bout
N-ice

B-irthday
O-f
R-eader
C-omforts
E-very
L-ife
I-n
S-ublimity

Topic: Birthday of Ivan Borcelis (December 07) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

Read More

I-lluminate
V-iew
A-nd
N-ew

B-eacon
O-bliterate
R-ainy
C-hill
E-ndorsing
L-ight
I-n
S-hine

Topic: Birthday of Ivan Borcelis (December 07) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

Read More

It’s not that God is powerless,
                                             It’s just that God is afraid.
                                                                                     - Ivan Beresford....

Read More

I-n
V-ivid
A-nd
N-ew

A-tmosphere
L-uminous
D-ay's
R-adiance
I-n
N-atural

D-awn
O-f
R-efulgence
O-pens
P-leasantly
A-bating
N-ight

Topic: Birthday of Ivan Aldrin D. Doropan (November 25) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

Read More

I-n
V-ertical
A-crostic's
N-ote

A-uthor
L-ets
D-edication
R-ightfully
I-mplement
N-atal

D-ay
O-nce
R-egards
O-f
P-oet
A-pply
N-obility

Topic: Birthday of ivan Aldrin D. Doropan (March 06) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

Read More

I will be writing, 
till I tell the World
all things I have to tell,
and, till my projects will be well
typed, submitted, published
to meet the wider Public
to keep Her name in mind forever
not to forget it never.

   Ivan Petryshyn...

Read More

Inconversant Ivan is inconsolable and inconspicuously indistinctly
Illinois and Iowa ignorant. Instinctively and incredulously inducing
Illustrative ideas that implement indefinable individual
Indifference, ignoring Aunt Inez’s illustrious ideals....

Read More

Ivan an industrious inventor was labelled imbecilic by some
They thought his ideas bizarre, strange, weird, crazy and dumb
Not one single original idea in any of their feathered heads
He became a billionaire when he invented his interactive dog beds....

Read More

I-nspiring 
V-erse 
A-bout 
N-atal

A-crostic 
L-ines 
D-eploys 
R-emembrance 
I-n 
N-ame 

D-elightfully 
O-ffering 
R-esonance 
O-f 
P-oem 
A-nd 
N-ote 

Topic: Birthday of Ivan Aldrin D. Doropan (March 06) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

Read More

The Grinches Christmas

Date: Fri, Dec 4 2015 at 3:32 PM

Coming through "Whoville"
Bout to give these Fools "Chills"
Got Ivan Ooze "Thrilled"
I don't think everyone know "Ghouls" "Real"
Cindy Lou in "Tears"
Cause the Grinch Revenge Severe
The Grinch been plotting for a few "Years"...

Read More

There is a game we play
but played by no one else
The same game you can play
If you play it by yourself.

I had long ago wondered
of what had me pondered
for at home is an enigma
and we named it -- PAPA.

*Young Ivan Ivanovich was murdered by his father, Ivan the Terrible...

Read More

Ivan, Cliff's friend, was on the line.
"Cliff is in the hospital, come at once."
"What happened?" I asked, knowing I didn't want to know.
"Just get up here."  He sounded angry.

Written 5/5/19

Liberum Divisa contest  Gregory R Barden sponsor
Taken from my free verse
"A Remembered Day"...

Read More

Art of Ivan Albright
I hear a death rattle
feel gloom 
despise grayscale-ness

flat black paint kind of background
lecherous guy
creepy skeletal hands
craggy face

shirt looks dingy, dirty, smudged
tablecloth is dank, dour, dusty,
grays and blacks, morose, macabre
I run from his art, screaming pink and orange....

Read More

Above my head there is grey sky,
The wood that's bare without its cover,
Below in glade lemon leaves lie
in darkening dirt in lonely hour.

Cold noise is spreading out above, 
Below is silence of the fading...
My youth's a roaming, it is rough,
And lonely thoughts in useless waiting!

P.S. This is my translation of poem by Ivan Bunin, 1889...

Read More

Imaginative idealists, Inez, Ian and Inkwell Ida
Illustrious industrious iguanas from Fiji Fida
Invited intelligent Ivan to invest in indigo ink in coveted China
Industries in Indiana, Iowa, Illinois and Idaho
Indicated to Inez, Ian and Ida this was the way to go
Informing ideal initial investors from Froffits
To imagine their insane ideas initiating profits...

Read More

TO THE MEDICAL STAFF OF THE HOSPITAL
pain to ruin,
reliet to save,
great
is the job
by the doctors who trace
the way
to protect the life,
right
and brave are the moves,
courageous- the looks,
and priceless
the outcome
for the Dads and the Moms,
the thanks can't be counted,
never repaid,-
the only word to describe is
GREAT!
Ivan Petryshyn Chicago IL 05/13/07...

Read More

Just a quick look
First chapter of a book
First verse of a song
Can’t stay overlong

A 50-yard dash
Gone in a flash
Not right, not wrong
Can’t stay overlong

A heat seeking missile
God blows the whistle
God strikes the gong
Can’t stay overlong...

*Dedicated to my brother Ivan who lost his life on an airline training flight in 1984. 'Hunter' was his middle name......

Read More

C autious and adaptable
A mazingly deep 
P rosperity driven
R estless he can’t sleep
I ntelligent and forgiving
C ompassionate and down to earth
O rganized in times of need
R ebellious from birth
N ever giving up, in fact he takes the lead.

This would be a Capricorn indeed.





This was inspired by a comment from my friend Ivan Beresford. Thank you for the challenge....

Read More

I told yo abwot my wif and hr jalos iys,
Sh also had qwality thndr thighs

Whn  sh walks thy caws lightning sparks
That cawsd fir throghowt London’s parks

n s hr thy drool and say 
Plas tak this woan far away

I har th say drown hr if you will
Or ivan still giv  a sicid pill

But sh is y  spcial girl
Whn I look at hr sh aks  hirl

But I lov hr so 
And I thoght you wold lik to know...

Read More