Sweden Poems

Flowing gray locks blown by the wind.
gives me a look of a hippy woman,
wearing bell-bottom jeans with a wide belt,
a big-collared shirt covered with a vest of felt.

Time for a haircut.

Hanging onto my hair length makes me feel
secure as I...Read More

When did I learn to walk?
The awkward stance,
a toddler’s uncertain step,
stumbling, falling, 
getting up again until
rhythm of feet and
balance work in sequence, 
was that when I learned
to walk? No.

When did I learn to walk?
Kindergarten marches,
a military parade of sorts
around a...Read More

doctor. Lunde
 
Let us go to doctor Lunde she said
I found a place near the bus terminal that no buses
A police officer came and told the parking place was only for bus-passengers.
He offered to drive there us- in my car-...Read More

In New York and so many places,
Chocolate shops abound,
Where milk and dark and white, with nuts
Or not, can all be found.

Yet here in Sweden, there's a store,
If you want something sweet,
Which carries only licorice,
A Nordic candy treat.

Varieties are plentiful,
Including those...Read More

Some friends of mine...that are in my heart 
On Swedish soil...so far apart
The love we share...for one another 
I am proud to call...sister, brother
 
In many ways...we are both the same 
We wear the same faces...Just have a different name
So...Read More

The consistency on show is out of order 
Switzerland has no hard border
by the rules it really oughta 
Monaco too being by the water 

Yet Brussels tussles with future allies 
alone in their Irish Border cries
even the Irish don’t prioritize...Read More

"Smooth Big Cat"



He was one of those guys you just knew would be a dud. "Be nice", she said to herself.

She met him on the upswing from the abyss of a dismally closed final chapter. He seemed to be unsure...Read More

GYPSY DEWRIGHT
PLEASE GYPSY
MEET ME TONIGHT
AINT GOT NO
SWEET SMELLING
SUKKIE SCENT
BUT I GOTTA LOTTA
TIME TO SPEND
SWEET GYPSY WOMAN
MET ME TONIGHT

MEET ME TO SEE ME
TO TALK A LITTLE
AND OOH

MAYBE IF I SAY SOMETHING
SPECAIL
WE CAN ROO BUH
DITTLE DEW

SWEET GYPSY WOMAN
COME ON TONIGHT
WITH ME
SWEET SWEET
GYPSY...Read More

VAR dispute
USA three match shutout-
Rio loss avenged...Read More

rain delay in Renne
Sweden's lightning striking twice-
Chile swept away...Read More

Translation with commentary of an archetypal Wild West Classic : " Summer Wine "

(I'd wage my bottom diamond dime future generations will re-discover and treasure this true American classic like only a few others of its kind taken from the...Read More

THEY USED A ROCKET TO MOVE THE SHERE TO ANOTHER AREA.
IT WAS SUPPOSSED TO ONLY MOVE ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE MILES AWAY, IT WINDED UP GOING AND IT KEPT GOING UNITL
IT DISAPPEARED. IT'S BELEIVED TO
HAVE BEEN SWALLOWED BY A BLACK...Read More

Swesish Saga

Gerda left Sweden with an odd liking for turnips.
She claimed hard labor ruined her hands.
She hated her father.
Fritchof walked like an ex-sailor.
He had a vein-blue tattoo on his left hand.
He once sailed the Red Sea and grew a mustache.

They...Read More

The First Annual Poetry Soup Convention Contest

I am not convinced where this Convention should be
I was thinking my house but the soup bowls are not free
Then I thought about Vegas but England would not agree
We could all go to Switzerland...Read More

A Man from Sweden
There was a man from Sweden,
Who married a Yemeni maiden,
He had to wear the futah,
And daily eat the Saltah,
So he could lead a happy life in Aden.
 


...Read More

The 1990s were a great time when various artists from every European country made it to the music scene, including B*Witched and Spice Girls. As a matter fact, all of us Americans love their songs like "C est La Vie,"...Read More

Iv'e had a change of heart,
I used to cry 
build the wall high-build it strong and thick
made of the strongest mortar and brick
but leave the door open
to let evil out and keep goodness in.
but that doesn't seem to be working
i...Read More

we saw nothing
but elbows
and heard the fist pounding 
the skin.
their long black and brown
leather coats hide what they
were doing
the cries of the men
on the ground
could be heard all the way
at my room
when I got their
the horses acted as they
were glad...Read More

aurora borealis spiritual realm
ethereal water paint leaves me breathless
God’s handiwork, His paintbrush at the helm.
reverent silence,  heavenly caress,

ethereal water paint leaves me breathless
wonderment complete as I crest evergreen hill
Reverent silence, heavenly caress,
Never have I felt a sense of nirvana,...Read More

Once the Sinis floppers' nerves acted up in bunches, 
Scandinavians had no way to head off sucker punches.
Sacks of scamming slapstick, slap bass,
and farcefest, thick and fast, came to pass.
Not a clod of sunstruck dung by a donkey's ass 
shines...Read More

Resistance On The Iberian Peninsula

“Liberté, égalité, fraternité (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity),” 
Scream French revolutionists as they guillotine monarchists heads,
Then crown Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor of France,
Who commands the French forces in wars raged across Europe.

The Grande Armée has defeated the ‘Fourth Coalition:’
And...Read More

* the story of Antogo, was written in 1898, by a less famous author
by the name of Altourgum or Aultourgium, the Novus, said to have
been born to a female stripper in Sweden. He was the son of a
defected confederacy soldier...Read More

Uruguay 0 - France 2
Uruguay bad day
Les Bleus take total control-
France-Belgium showdown

Brazil 1 - Belgium 2
Brazil's own-goal gaffe
brilliant Belgium bests Brazil...
Belgium comes of age

Sweden 0 - England 2
Swedes hit Pickford wall
England's clean sheet victory
"...coming home" -maybe

Russia 2 (3) - Croatia...Read More

Sweden beat and out the way

Croatia next 

And if we Win that Semi- Final ?

A date with destiny awaits 

A place in the 2018 Football World Cup

And a chance to fulfill a life long Dream

Even the most fervent English Supporter...Read More

Mexico implodes
gracias South Korea-
both in knockout stage






Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
Published 2018 in "2018 World Cup Senryu" via wattpad.com...Read More