Along Scottish Shores
...Lightning strikes with thunderous clap
A thickening fog rolls into the bay
Ships stacked with dead on their back
Set ablaze so they can sail away
White waves crash rocks with sound
Death ships...
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Categories:
whitsun, bereavement, character, funeral,
Form: Rhyme
Skeleton In the Cupboard
...I’m kept hidden in the cupboard,
always under lock and key;
dare not come into the open
how disgraceful it would be!
I sit cramped, my bones are aching,
a dark secret in the dark;
I can’t eve...
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Categories:
whitsun, silence,
Form: Light Verse
Whitsun - Pentecost
...Imbued with wisdom of the Holy Ghost
who drifted down with blessings upon them
day fifty post-Resurrection Sunday,
Apostles, inspired, spoke in many tongues
for gifts of ...
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Categories:
whitsun, celebration, christian, faith,
Form: Blank verse
Celebration
...Here I am, a young girl in the cemetery,
holding the hand of my mother in a parade,
I wore a new white dress
and my new shoes were pinching my toes.
All around the cemetery we followed the priest...
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Categories:
whitsun, celebration, death,
Form: Verse
New Year's Resolution
...New Year's Dream Double Etheree
Dear
New Year!
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Categories:
whitsun, christmas,
Form: Etheree
Montage of a Tree
...Tonight, a montage is brushed with a splendor
of glazed branches : an arrangement of russet
teal and orange; dappled wisps enticing
my spirit for a pilgrim beyond my own angst.
In pure deli...
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Categories:
whitsun, beauty, nature, tree,
Form: Free verse
Steam Train To the Sea
...We are all gathered on the platform
Jumping up and down with glee
We can see the smoke of the puffing train
Coming nearer to take us to the sea
We are off on a Whitsun treat
Forty children or ...
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Categories:
whitsun, travel,
Form: Rhyme
The Mayfly Is Up On the Kennet By M.A.Meddings
...The Mayfly is up on the Kennet,
Well it’s Whitsun why wouldn’t it be?
There’s a fine downstream breeze,
And the fishing’s with ease,
Do come as you used to for me.
The Mayfly is up on the...
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Categories:
whitsun, friendship, love, nostalgia, parody,
Form: Narrative