Whittle Poems - Poems about Whittle

Call it Bazball or just Test Cricket

...We knew from the get go after Brendon accepted the call…jettisoned old school for new cool..the Kiwi on the balcony who looks like he’s smoked some bud..having a kip..let slip..quick to quip..almost ...

Always Him

...How I love him, let me tell,
A simple story, known so well,
Just in my heart, a constant light,
He makes my world feel warm and bright.

He cares for me, in gentle ways,
Through sunny days and ...

Whittled Mind

...The whittle mind of self-reflection
Within a tiny bit of self-doubt
Coming from a stressful day
Life has its ups and downs that way
Can't say I enjoy it
can seem to do without it

Just another...

The odd codgers

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For Craig's : Blue cheese and old pickles contest

15.03.2025
In the background the Ukraine War and Europe’s dilemma whether to rearm to defend itself or go to the table to discuss a peace treat...

I CAN NOT LIVE IN THIS WORLD

...I came to the forest 
With my toolbox in hand
Wanting to whittle words
Where wanders could understand
...I can not live in this world

I see the Willow, standing
Strong and bold in the ground
...

Whittling Down

...As we age, we whittle down
The things that we can do
Or the ways that we can do them
So we last the whole day through.

I’ve whittled down my exercise
And how much I can drink.
My energy’s bee...

Tortured Undead

...The nightly rattle heard down the hall,
The shadow form of a man stands tall.
The sound of chains strike fear to my heart.
His chance long past, he cannot depart.
Seeking my soul, he desires my f...

Moonchild

...All you ever fed me was cruelty and pain, Starving, 
I consumed every morsel, every drop I drank. 
Instructed to stay quiet, Mind my manners and never speak.
Never decline what’s been requested, a...

Never Again

...A bird in a cage, I refuse to be bound,
Transport Adaptee will never break me,
I am no rotting fish; for all to see ,
Your rules are like chains  ,time to break them down,
I'm no prune and certai...

Gemini Garden-Silent One

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Written: June 09, 2024 For Ink Empress Contest

“a mute tongue is a slave to silence” - Silent One

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Break on through

...Take a battering ram to the other side
The recoil will do me harm
A knife and spoon will suffice
Break the gates violently with arms
It will seal itself again and entice
It will swallow ...

Twelve Bells at Midnight

...In the vortex of a maelstrom, I was rudely thrown
drowning in turbulent waters for an error I bemoan,
a blunder of loving someone who chose to whittle
away at my heart until it became ...

In Memory of Pocket Knives

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On those long days
when it was too hot to ride
or run, a boy would find
an island of cool beneath
a tree and sit there 
with his pocket knife
to whittle away time
and a piece of wood.
A goo...

Brother bear

...Native America today
Lost is the way
Living from the land
Alone I stand
Brother the bear, 
 For the land you care
Not fair
Cities grow
Taking from you all you know
People do not seem to unde...

Children's Poems IV

...Children's Poems IV

These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families. 



Boundless
by Michael R. Burch

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