Sykes Poems

Polly Astley

...Polly Astley loved to have visitors, for she loved piquant, plum people;
Like counting stars when we were young, in milky moonlight, peaceful.

Her days were spent teaching children, with ...

Categories: sykes, fantasy, friendship, home, imagery,
Form: Couplet

Camp E-How-Kee

...From Tampa Florida And Still Living Near By
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Camp E-How-Kee
as a child
had it's dark side as well.

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Categories: sykes, 12th grade,
Form: Bio

Kirby Grindalythe, Yorkshire

...Mr David Oglesby, my esteemed friend, 
Almost brought these rambling to an end
Kirby Grindalythe was his suggestion
Causing a temporary mental congestion.

Its only real claim to fame,
The Nors...

Categories: sykes, history,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Affronted

...CEO Andrew Sykes took a social crash dive
he asked a clerk when her baby would arrive.
"I'm not pregnant!" she exclaimed
her face was red and inflamed.
'Tis a miracle he fled her presence alive....

Categories: sykes, baby, humor,
Form: Limerick

6978

...6978 is not but a date, I once visited a place, and it was not the Pearly Gates!

There were no blue seas, or boats about!  There were no palm trees, or heavenly dreams!  There was an old swinging ...

Categories: sykes, adventure,
Form: ABC

Wounded

...Lonely and alone, single now with the children my only comfort and yet a reminder.
The divorce a tug of war between me and her for what once was mine, I thought.
My heart lies languid and still a dee...

Categories: sykes, confusion, depression, devotion, family,
Form: Free verse

Stifling of My Tears

...
Stifling of my Tears
Through the pain of the years.
In the face of my darkest fears.
A thousand times I wanted to cry.
Afraid of allowing something as simple as drops of water to escape...

Categories: sykes, inspirational, pain, water, water,
Form: Rhyme

I Found God In My Yesterdays

...I Found God in My Yesterdays
Seeking to talk to God through my childhood dreams.
No longer wanting to stifle the screams.
The painful memories are gone away.
I found God in my yesterdays.
Throug...

Categories: sykes, faith, inspirational, god, pain,
Form: Rhyme

Love-My Broken Glass

...Love - My Broken Glass

Love shattered me, leaving my soul empty
Like broken and shattered glass
Heart, in pieces
Cold tears falling down my face
To become frozen crystals, shimmering on my che...

Categories: sykes, lost love
Form: Rhyme

Integrate Integrity

...Integrate Integrity
 I am learning to lead by example, what does that mean to me?
It has to encompass integrating integrity.
For what I admire in others, I need to internalize.
I want to feel no ...

Categories: sykes, inspirationallife, me, spiritual, integrity,
Form: Rhyme

Nostalgia, Those Were the Days

...We all think that when we were young 
The sun shone for 23 hours a day
Not altogether true
But it seems that way in hindsight
But things always look better looking back
They were more innocent t...

Categories: sykes, nostalgiatime, time,
Form: Narrative