Short Plymouth Poems

Short Plymouth Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Plymouth by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Plymouth by length and keyword.


2019

From Plymouth Rock to the Golden Gate
Old World religions have fostered hate
With no "brother" fuss
Just "them against us"
And still no sign their hate will abate
Form: Limerick


Premium Member Star-Spangled Pilgrim

There once was a lad named Cy Milgram
A regular cool and hip pilgrim --
   He saw Plymouth 'Rock'
   Said, "Fast forward the clock!" --
Played Jimi Hendrix ~ nearly killed 'em
Form: Limerick

Sir Francis Drake

Playing bowls, Sir Francis Drake
on Plymouth Hoe did ages take
for the game proved that much harder
than beating the Armada

For  competition 'Cleri-who?' ,sponsored by Kim Merriman
© Viv Wigley  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Head Knocker

Stop your balderdash and poppycock 

You're the biggest windbag on the block

Everything that you've said 

Must have gone to your head 

Cuz your bean's the size of Plymouth Rock
Form: Limerick

Napoleon In Plymouth Sound

The locals’ boats all gathered round;
Napoleon was in The Sound
On board Bellerophon.

Two guardships kept the crowds at bay;
The Emperor was on his way
To exile, freedom gone.

Jack Horne for Dr Ram’s Tail Rhyme contest
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.


Premium Member Elevator Love Pitch

The town of Plymouth has a rock.
Each buckled shoe must have its sock.
Each open door must first be shut,
and this bolt needs no other nut.
Just as all these things are true, 
This ardent "me" must have a "you".
Form: Rhyme

Dark Knight

Authenticity,
Does the word ring true
Does it call from the outside
Or the inside of you

Authenticity,
Your voice renewed
Zero-sum once committed
Zero-sum payment due

(Barnes & Noble: Plymouth Meeting Pa:  January, 2016)
Form: Rhyme

The Torch

Not cute or in genre,
  in tune or in tone

The message drives forward,
  the muse casting stones

Untimely, eternal,
  a voice speaking fast

My pen now a torch
  —the darkness is past

(Barnes & Noble Plymouth Meeting Pa: January, 2016)
Form: Rhyme

My Life

Jack
Husband, son, friend, colleague
Son of Dawn and Des
Lover of Sue, Shakespeare and opera
Who feels passion, amusement and excitement
Who fears bereavement, bedbugs and rejection
Who would like to see a ghost, a UFO and aliens
Resident of Plymouth, England
Horne

for Carol's contest
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Bio

Premium Member Plumb Cold In Plymouth

snowflakes falling soon
                                   precipitation a hop
                                  away from ‘morrow
             goosebumps like ice under sheets
                might wear my sweater to sleep

                                             12/25/2021
Form: Tanka

Premium Member At Christmas Feast

An old man in Plymouth with a set of false teeth
Was eating a piece of tough meat on Christmas feast
When he ate, his dentures with the meat fell off his mouth
His dog waiting below gobbled it and hastily ran south!

26 Dec 2021
A Funny Christmas Themed Poetry Contest
Sponsor. Tania Kitchin

Premium Member Etching Screeching Noise On My Chalkboard-

Far far away there's green flash lit chalkboard Plymouth Rock so radical fingernail etching screeching noise Far away fingers hands wipe away the blood Cleansing the board flash in green Fingernails so radical Etching screeching noise
8/18/20 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2020

The Sobeth Day

The Lord says you must  attend church
So no child is left in the lurch
Despite the weather
A strap of leather
Will work just as well as the birch*

* The Mayflower pilgrims came to
Plymouth so they could enjoy the
freedom to fine, humiliate, torture,
and "purify" any and all who did not
adhere to their beliefs.   Trump believes
that attitude made America great.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member A Fully Repented Spirit Rises-

Quarry mine in the presents of His glory
Rocky mountain are the stairwell to the heaven

Key lime pie to the sky
Green light deep dark world

This be the story
Tumbleweed embracing Plymouth Rock laden

Sparkle wild huckleberry flies
The sparrow tours

I repented soul changed in mid Glory
Spirit risen rises to the Holy of Holies


11/21/21
Written by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Paleface - Redskins

Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower
As sails made the most of the breeze
Longed to make home in a brave new land
Enduring the most vicious seas
Finally, anchored they ‘trod’ Plymouth rock
And not one was in a bikini
Conflict with locals would rage on and on
Eventually there would be Chablis
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Happy Thanksgiving

* I'm a vegetarian, so this second limerick is not to be taken literally.

Whether or not you live in the States,
to my poet friends, wrought by the Fates,
I sure would like to convey,
a happy Thanksgiving Day,
to everyone, and my Australian mates.

Did they really land on Plymouth rock,
and when they hit it, was it a shock?
I don't know about you,
but I can't wait til two.
I want my turkey* at one o'clock.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member --An Unfortunate Circumstance

in an unfortunate circumstance full moon glacier kingo bulova green With envy lazy lizard magenta Sea serpent stepping stones aplenty Quarry dawns foggy harbor rolling hilll an unfortunate circumstance Looking glass boundary Waters Plymouth Rock tornadoes Cookie crumbles melted ice cream soda banana splits at the deep end Such an anomaly an unfortunate circumstance?
3/31/29 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2020

Premium Member Automatic

See the U S A
Drive a Toyota today
Remember when it was just General Motors
Ford
Dodge, Chryslers, Lozier's??
What's the matter with driving a Yugo?
And does anyone manually roll down their windows
Impala then Caprice then Impala again
Demon Plymouth, Mustang
Audi be driving Honda, Miss  ebute she??
Cadillac across the railroad  tracks
Dodge Ram truck stuck on the railroad tracks
Auto driven diesel fueled electric
Hon
da!!

written by James Edward Lee Sr.

Premium Member A Day of Thanksgiving

A Day of Thanksgiving

A
day of
Thanksgiving
and holiday
is celebrated
and observed on the fourth
Thursday of November in
the United States to honor
the Pilgrims, who colonized Plymouth,
Massachusetts in sixteen twenty-one.
                             ***

   Note: Thanksgiving Day became a federal holiday in 1863 during the presidency of Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the 16th POTUS who served from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
Form: Etheree

Sir Francis Drake

In 1588 Sir Francis Drake,
over a game of bowls, his time he did take.
Saying I’ll play my game before England’s fate.
So the Spanish will just have to wait!

There once was a young sailor named Drake,
who some thought was a bit of a flake.
On Plymouth Hoe he stood
while playing with his wood 
not knowing that history he'd make.

Drake was from the Elizabethan era
finishing his game as Spain drew nearer.
A stubborn man and quite contrary 
until he died of dysentery!
© Linda Bolt  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Clerihew

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