Verandah Poems - Poems about Verandah

about colors

...about colors

So pale the rosebush on the verandah
is it because the night is so long and cold
the flowers look like the red purses
little girls have a few pennies in
kept hidden for her brothe...

a shipmaster in love

...a shipmaster in love

The boat that left at sunset didn't have red sails
but fading sunlight painted grey sail red
even though the vessel was not going to China 
not this year or any other year,...

holly day in May

...A Holly Day in May

the building is eerily empty today, everybody
has gone to the beach, even those in wheelchairs
I sit on the verandah in the hope of tanning
my scalp looks so white in the bat...

Rumi's quote 2

...Rumi's quote: If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?

If you are irritated by every rub, 
How will your mirror be polished?" - his love 
For wisdom wrapped in words,...

pandas for Christmas

...Santa Claus is coming.
This isn’t a luck situation.
He knows things, like if you’re sleeping.
Which is kind of creepy if you think about it.
I suppose I’m an open book.
It’s an implacable realit...

To Will or not to Will

...My bones are creaking and my bed is squeaking
Im one short of eighty nine
Bosom friends come gather around me
Lets crack some jokes and drink some wine
Long lost relatives are looking me up
Thei...

The Mouse

...The mouse

My wife was opening the door to the verandah
when she spotted a mouse and fled to the kitchen
and shouted, “Kill it, kill it!”
I picked up the small animal hiding under a dry leaf
th...

A Killing Colonel Cornered

...Soldiers with the cornered colonel
Said to crack him like a kernel,
Easily made him surrender,
Account of his orders render…

Colonel Smith, on his neck flannel,
Suddenly facing a Panel
In his...

The Magic Hour

...The magic hour

The day is ending, and time is one hour back but 
the day still serves early twilight
From the window of a tourist resort, I see the mountain range
I lived beyond, in a village w...

The None Affair

...The none affair

The celebration ran into a Dogger bank that had 
been trawled of fishy life and turned into windblown sand
of the endlessly repeated.
Take-away food and Portuguese soap tritenes...

From the 5th Floor

...From The 5th Floor
 

She heard him crying,
while chips she was frying.
Ran towards the door,
to treat the conflict amongst the four.

 

In between busy streets of ‘Burrabazar’,
amongst t...

Did I Tell You I Went To the Beach

...Did I tell you I went to the
Beach last week?
The wind picked up mightily as I
Stepped out onto the hotel verandah
And the tall royal palm trees lining the courtyard
Lifted and bent their majest...

Appearance

...APPEARANCE

It was just another day.
The heat was as thick as
the cloud of dust my car
kicked up on the long dirt road
to my friend’s house,
an oasis of order in the
central Florida jungle
a...

Appearance

...Appearance

It was just another day.
The heat was as thick as
the cloud of dust my car
kicked up on the long dirt road
to my friend’s house,
an oasis of order in the
central Florida jungle
a...

The Indian Snake Charmer

...I have seen them stand outside my door,
pleading mother to help stage their show,
on our verandah with stony floor,
tattered clothes, hungry child, wife on tow!
 
dusty robes speak of mi...

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