The Swiss Poems

Premium MemberMy own Gasconade of the Swiss Alphs

...Marly’s gasconade about her chalet in Switzerland was not braggadocio
 I sat for two hours keen to see it all, stunned by the dazzling clear water
Captivated by the lace topped Alps, the air was cr...
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Categories: the swiss, travel,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberA big, come on to the Swiss,

...Ill-logical..? Philosophy.' Devious topoggraphy..Asset flow
Incorperated to bringl a stagnant; septic situation.' In the
1970's a $ 10,000 cash limit was the goal,  we were led to
Beleive.' Not th...
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Categories: the swiss, color, community, courage, education,
Form: Verse


Premium MemberJust For Laughs

...the Chinese diet
simple and unique ~ all you
need is one chopstick

a guy falls off a
ship yell man overboard ~ a
gal? full speed ahead

the Swiss invented
a bra plays musical notes ~
"The ...
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Categories: the swiss, analogy,
Form: Senryu

dystopian

...Dystopian  

When I see in modern homes, blank walls
not disturbed by art, the center of peace 
an outside sofa for a whole family to sit
until a dad is arrested for child abuse
In the building...
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Categories: the swiss, abortion, absence, abuse,
Form: Blank verse

Premium MemberMister Squeaky Reporting

...This is Mr. Squeaky, mouse reporter,
squeaking to you from the Swiss cheese quarter,
where the crime bosses will decide the price
you'll have to pay for a provolone slice.

My modest size lets m...
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Categories: the swiss, food, humor,
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberThe Geneva campaign

...Some responsible humans, are beating a path to 
A nondescript country' may they focus real heat.!
On the coldness we know of' how much more hides away?
Is there love in that nation; maybe those na...
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Categories: the swiss, appreciation, freedom,
Form: Rhyme

Fortune Teller

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               "Go ahead, make yourself comfortable, 
        contemplate, whisper secrets to momma moon,
        let me read you and we will phase out this bad 
                     luck yo...
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Categories: the swiss, art,
Form: Other

time in between

...27-12 was a long day


The Christmas began with a labor dispute at the cafe in
our building the chef didn't want to come in and cook on a Saturday unless she received extra pay.
The cafe owner t...
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Categories: the swiss, atheist, betrayal, car, cat,
Form: Blank verse

The Glaciers Speak

...The glaciers swept over the corridors of North America standing in the back yard of Alaska they carved out the great lakes in Alberta, British Columbia  and Montana and, gazes at you  from the  depth...
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Categories: the swiss, america, business, community, deep,
Form: Narrative

newspaper and frost

...a newspaper and frost

The winter of 1947 was very cold, the country was 
exhausted, the German army that had given employment
to civilians, had surrendered and taken the train home 
Mother was ...
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Categories: the swiss, anger, angst, best friend,
Form: Blank verse

Sapphire

...I walked down the stage with moisture in my faces and a subtle smile on which everyone could rely. I held on to the uncompromising truth that could not be denied from my youth.  

I still hold the ...
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Categories: the swiss, celebration, character, community, confidence,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberMy Personal Abc

...Ayrshire is where I grew up
Bible is God's book inspired and divine
Christine the great love of my present life
Drawn into contentment a real true sign
Encouragement found in God forever my frien...
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Categories: the swiss, life, memory, self,
Form: Acrostic

Premium MemberMy Dream Vacation

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Wish to wake up surrounded by the snow-capped Alps
Sipping tea in the quiet, quaint villages of Switzerland
Watching the glittering ripples of sapphire blue lakes
Staying in picturesque lake...
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Categories: the swiss, dream, vacation,
Form: Imagism

Premium MemberClerihew Nolde

...The Swiss painter Emile Nolde*
used artistic  licence 'til very old
Not of scenes too local
but in visions primitive&tropical


*https://www.wikiart.org/en/emil-nolde...
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Categories: the swiss, art, word play,
Form: Clerihew

Premium MemberIf Ever I Had To Have a Country Victim of Pedophily:Lxxxiv

...If ever I had to have a country victim of pedophily : LXXXVI

[Note: 216,000 cases of pedophily, perpetrated by the clergy, have been recorded by the Catholic Church in France since 1950.]

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Categories: the swiss, america, child abuse,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

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