Swains Poems - Poems about Swains

Pretty Paradox

...We are two flames,
Colliding and clashing,
Eroding our names,
Each other, slashing. 

Merging miraculously,
In some eternal timeline,
Vowing velvety love variously,
Flowing and floating as fi...

March in the Mild Tropics

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                                      March in the Mild Tropics

                          Seeing the sun shining for the first time
                         Just a few days before the Ides of...

Protection of Nature

...“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” 
Albert Einstein

                                          Protection of Nature
 
                          Erelong on t...

She Stood

...transfixed
watching fish and fauna
sauntered eyes darting
to her bipedal crank
species nearly gone
The fish of stars
slutters across the glass
Crabs eyeballed sidelined
Horses of the sea
can...

Spinster Ruth

...There was once an old spinster named Ruth

    Who was renowned for stretching the truth

       "Tho' many young swains wooed me,

            I could have married" said she,

              ...

Fate of Mankind

...Fate Of Mankind...

(this prognosticator ordains,
which if came to pass no brains)
necessary to impress any 
goo goo dolls, nor swains!)

Cited in crosshairs of  thermonuclear warfare
quite a...

The Lay of Sir Donald

...The Lay of Sir Donald

(Or: Le Chanson de Donald)

An orange man – of red and trailing tie,
Small hands, and copious twitter-feed – sing I!
Most staunch ’gainst Saracen and Mede is he,
Bare-ar...

Who Is Tokollo

...Who is Tokollo ?
what is he ?

That all our swains commend him ?
holy,smart and ravishing is he;
the heaven such grace did lend him,
that he might be admired be.

Is he fair as he is holy ?
...

Corn Huskin' Bee Circa 1892

...In November when frost was on the punkin and corn was stacked in shocks,
And the snows began to fall and geese flew southward in V-shaped flocks,
'Twas time to gather in the corn for a huskin' bee ...

Alone

...Guess which star I am looking at and there let 
your gaze and mind dwell,
So if our bodies cannot lie together at least our 
minds will!
For sweetly as the flesh of swains and maids
repose in a ...

Steamboat Is A-Comin'

..."Steamboat is a-comin' 'round the bend!"
My! Oh my! The wonders it might portend,
As it stopped by sleepy towns along the Missisip',
Dodgin' stumps and wayward rafts on its monthly New Awlins trip...

The Swains

...THE SWAINS

Under cumulus clouds, grew cauliflowers.
He planted them with love because I adorn them when they were harvested to the table of healthy man, my husband; sons; and brothers.
A...

Unbearable Beauty In Brown

...Unbearable beauty in brown
Was Lily the toast of the town.
She had such a fine air
With her brown auburn hair
As she danced in brown velvet gown.

The swains were swooning for her.
A few fisticuffs d...

No More Pain

...Tired going here and there,
Tired of being aware!
Sick of building useless hopes,
Sick of being on unstable slopes!
Vexed facing disappointment,
Vexed keeping perseverant!
Done carrying on,
Done bein...

I Only Eat Worms On Wormday

...WORLD BORE ONE

I don’t know very much at all
But I know oak trees grow strong and tall
I don’t know why I sometimes stumble and fall
I know what I have, what I want and that which I need
And t...

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