Short Veranda Poems

 poem coming soon...

Read More

Watching the sunset
Small joy brings simple life
Banish my upset....

Read More

Too hot on the veranda,
To the pool I will meander.

Dip in, dry off in the shade,
Thank God for all He has made....

Read More

Sat out on our veranda,
Watching clouds meander,
Drifting high up in the sky,
In the heat , disperse and die.

© Dave Timperley May 2014...

Read More

There’s a panda on my veranda
It’s been there most of the night
I don’t think I would have believed it
But it’s there in black and white...

Read More

A snake is coming   as a close guest with its shadow
Through this way at midday noon towards my home
Lonely I am watching the scenario from the veranda...

Read More

from my veranda

                                           I see a barracuda

                                                   chef at work, goodah!...

Read More

There was young lady named Hannah,
Courted by beaus from Savannah,
As a real good Southern girl
Didn't surrender her pearl
Even when groped on the veranda....

Read More

on the veranda
sounds of raindrops, twirling leaves
scurrying squirrels
gunshots in the distance boom
- deer to decimate garden      ...

Read More

Her third day in Greece
She opened up the doors to the veranda
Today is perfection in temperature and sunlight.
She headed toward a white lounger, glad to be alive...

Read More

Image 1.

As platinum clouds drift by,
sea breeze in early evening,
kisses ripples on incoming tide.
Dusk's sun reflects upon veranda,
as nanna's armchair rocks gently.




...

Read More

I want to sleep, life in the cabana
But she wants to meet by the veranda
The meeting was set
Encouraged I get
Then I slip, from a rotten banana

Russell Sivey...

Read More

This is the story of William from Tampa
While playing guitar on his parent's veranda
A guitar string broke
In his eye it did poke
Known as Blind Willie with a limited panorama


© Jack Ellison 2015...

Read More

pink,pink
persistent
protests proclaim
pussy purrs content with
his game-
on his
veranda
with much disdain-
I'll siesta here 'til
it rains

Note: We are vacation-sitting our daughter's cat this past fortnight or so...

Read More

Awesome  panoramic scene

Balanced sounds from nature rush, touch my spirit

Cleansed soon will be the trees of rustling leaves

Dawn will awaken with a purple horizon

Earth will seem defeated with no life, then Spring
...

Read More

Out on the veranda
There is solid dark gray
The hidden sun is rising 
And hot will be this day

Thank you, Lord, for a few minutes
A moment to be alone with you
Your Presence surrounds
Covering like the precious dew...

Read More

STRIPTEASE

private invitation
on backyard veranda
sweet purple wine
straps dangle
she’s swaddled
in sensuous mystery

his breath in striptease
his eyes overwhelmed
he calmly sips his wine
of slow approach
this marriage he owns

3/1/2018...

Read More

The “Last Great Race On Earth” takes place in Nome, Alaska
Called the “Iditarod”, sled doggies race, now I ask ya
Why do these loonies do it
These are very strange twits
Eleven hundred miles! Rather watch it on my iPhone on my veranda...

Read More

Warm sunshine did beckon come out
North wind did threaten chill
Hummingbird windchime played a tune
But it was cold on the hill

Just a few minutes with nature
Enjoying bird calls fine
See the effect of sun, wind,_rain
'Pon the tall Georgia Pine  ...

Read More

when I retire I will move to Sedona, Arizona, my favorite place
her mystical, magical, ethereal, spiritual feeling brings spirits my way
I will add as much color as I want to my veranda, and fit in
no one will expect me to live in gray tan or brown there...

Read More

The “Last Great Race On Earth” takes place in Nome, Alaska
It's called the “Iditarod”, sled doggies race, now I ask ya
Why do these loonies do it
These are very strange twits
Eleven hundred miles! Rather watch it on my iPhone on my veranda...

Read More

I saw you
On the veranda
Of my constant dream,
Your dress was green,
And sparkled
With self esteem,
There was no need
For clouds,
Your lips revealed
Your state of mind,
Corners were up
To fence the round,
Red fields of lace
That flowed
From your face....

Read More

Arabic/Andalusian 


I sit on my veranda
the breeze is as soft as a child's
good night kiss
the town is well-lit
but moonlight is better
I think of Andalusian
Arabic poems
I tried to translate
but failed 
how is it possible
to catch
the ephemeral? 
  
...

Read More

intimate season abode
snow gateway
towel
sands at sundown
veranda
keep an eye out
in the roadways

I bore a portrait
because it ne'er was

keep it veiled
in the cloud
from my musings
only this
Wandering verdict
echo
unused passion

Written: September 27, 2022...

Read More

From birth to demise,

Problems arise,

Physical defects,

mental rejects.

Change, your mistaken,

Just be yourself.

Everyone else is taken.

© Dave Timperley 15 April 2017

The last 2 lines belong to Oscar Wilde. I have them
on a board on our veranda to remind me daily.  D....

Read More