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Shrove Poems - Poems about Shrove

Shrove Tuesday Traditionlly

...pancakes barbara with cream
a buckwheat galette
haddock,prawn savoury wraps
brandy crepe suzettes
dribbled with treacle
Flip,flip Hoo
Ray!...

Categories: shrove, food,
Form: Epulaeryu

Hamadryad

...All within the taiga glade,
Their raiments gilt in comely shades,
The burgess shrives vagrant souls.
A garth of god for men alow.

Whereinto the roots may grow,
We wayfarers may never know,
Fo...

Categories: shrove, 12th grade, appreciation, autumn,
Form: Rhyme

Lent

...Lent

Malasada* Day was merrily spent
Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras - many names are given
To this final day before the season of Lent
When around the world Christians are shriven.

Now, "Dust th...

Categories: shrove, appreciation,
Form: Quatrain

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Mardi Gras

...New Orleans
Great fanfare
Parades and festivities
Flamboyance
Glamorous exuberance
Vivid colors
Feathers and costumes
Strings of beads
Strewn everywhere
Loud blaring music
Frenzied partying...

Categories: shrove, celebration, color, fantasy, fun,
Form: Free verse

Meaning of Easter

...It’s Easter time in the uk but what do kids know of this day?
When Jesus rose up from the dead, they’re watching bunnies play instead.
Stuffing down their Easter sweeties, with not a thought of dia...

Categories: shrove, celebration, easter,
Form: Blank verse

My Mammogram

...In the waiting room …
A sea of ashen faces 
Women with their partners
We were waiting, just waiting
My name is called
Heart pounding I gather by belonging
My husband gets up …
But ...

Categories: shrove, body, health, humorous, me,
Form: Free verse

Bawdy - the Great British Pancake Day Toss Off Lol

...Today is Pancake Day and there’s to be a pancake race
folk are on the starting line with a smile upon their face

Ted is ready with his frying pan, he is a fat old josser
but when it comes to pan...

Categories: shrove, food, humorous,
Form: Couplet

My Anxiety

...I look at the calendar 
Check the date and time
My appointment looms
Just three days to go

I light a lavender scented candle
And inhale the soothing scent
It calms my nerves

On...

Categories: shrove, anxiety, body, cancer, how
Form: Free verse

Phoen V

...Four- wheel jingle horse
stand up revolution
get it hill to me
take for the end clock
into chemistry
overnight the nick
dont ever forget
it is a dick, shite
head for me also
and let the gun ...

Categories: shrove, slam,
Form: Verse

Shrove Tuesday

...pancakes barbara with cream
a buckwheat galette
haddock,prawn savoury wraps
brandy crepe suzettes
dribbled with treacle
Flip,flip Hoo
Ray!...

Categories: shrove, food
Form: Epulaeryu