Well Matched Poems - Poems about Well Matched

..."The Wife's Lament" or "The Wife's Complaint" is an Old English/Anglo Saxon poem found in the Exeter Book, which has been dated to 960-990 AD, making it the oldest English poetry anthology. "The Wife......

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... When I was walking in the zoo, I saw a strange and wondrous sight. You would have found in funny too, Unlikely creatures in a fight. I saw a strange and wondrous sight, A hippo fighting with......

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...I had an offer to play a game of scrabble online There was no chatting in the room to give me a sign about whom my worthy opponent could possibly be but we were well matched by the score, I could ......

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...He had a duffel coat once, so did she. They must have looked well-matched walking in Regents Park that Autumn. In time the coat shop on Oxford Street died of old age. Duffel went out of sty......

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...Though my lips are known to stutter when I talk And my heart is known to flutter when I gawk For your love and love alone I would be great Just to reach you in my catatonic state Oh the fire bu......

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... "The Forest, The Lot and The Carpetbagger" In the middle of it all, in The Forest, I was asked by a soothsayer to choose a number 1, 2 or 3. I said in all si......

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...Interpreting mine Poetry Similar to scrutinizing an abstract painting, this author begetting, canvassing entreating... obscure words dumbfounding readers (himself included), he eludes (shadin......

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...I was an accomplished librarian, who took pleasure from written words, As opera singers find their pleasure, in the halls where music is heard. I was well matched to such absorbing work, knowing ......

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...Ode to Fanny Her start in life was rather poor with wastrel parents, ones to abhor She avoided living in the gutter Earning enough for her bread and butter Her break in life came rather lat......

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...I’d kissed at least one boy by age fourteen. Disappointment was the taste it left. Although it was short, it was far from sweet. In contrast, my second kiss was lengthy. Its honey lingered in my ......

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...I never cared to do the dangerous things, and liked to play it safe, But the strict bonds of ordinariness, can oftentimes start to chafe. I always preferred to cover my bets, for I hated the idea......

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...Medieval Poems Deor's Lament (Anglo Saxon poem, circa 10th century AD) loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Weland knew the agony of exile. That indomitable smith was wrac......

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...He sleeps soundly not a sigh, murmur or stir, while restless in my dreams I toss and turn unheard to find him in his comfort zone still and unawares that I am here. When morning comes h......

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...Our city is three restaurants, a roller rink, and a rundown dorm. We fly over red brick roads on truck beds and the squeaky wheels of shopping carts. Don't ask where we got them. Nothing good ever ha......

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...Clearing Out Old Growth Last week I cleared some old growth, ‘parting’ (1) planted in my yard, An Avocado tree you’d grown from ‘pit’ of eaten fruit. Tree’s color for your living space! But pot......

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