William Tell Poems - Poems about William Tell

Ring

...I rested my eyes and I heard a bell ringing
I wondered what this afternoon might be bringing
I gathered my wits and peered out through the blind
Frankly, intrigued to know what I might find

The...

Some of us have secrets - William Tell

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"Some of us have secrets – William Tell." 

Some of us have secrets. 
Well, we all have secrets, William Tell. 
We sweep them under the carpet, 
or trade, for better th...

Storytelling Dialog

...Not your usual
Not uncommon
The once upon a time
That line might be fine
Love of the heart at times being kind
A glass of wine being a story added divine
Line by line
Word by word
The distanc...

Stricken With Turbulence At About Seventy Two Inches

...Stricken with turbulence at about seventy two inches

Yours truly issuing a deafening rebel yell
bursting forth with such might
courtesy cooking under pressure
analogous to volcanic upswell,
fo...

I Still Feel Under the Weather Today April 2nd, 2023

...I still feel under the weather today April 2nd, 2023

Unseen enemy invades my body 
with platoon of green berets air
rating, and enfilading immune system viz 
Hib bully knock and sock kin me 
c...

I Loathe Feeling Under the Weather

...I loathe feeling under the weather...,

especially when nasty elephant 
(named Thomas the pachyderm)
stomping to break loose courtesy tether,
where antibodies of mine 
struggle to band together...

Murdering Pluto

...
"Murdering Pluto" 

On Pluto, 
they deal with trauma
in the best possible way,
they murder it slowly 
in poetic hell 
day after day.

the dark Seraphim
have their way....

Blue Yodel

...He was the Yodelling King of Whitby.
On a calm clear weather day
You could hear his practice yodels
On the cliffs at Robin Hoods bay.

He would stand there at the bar
In his Tyrolean feathered ...

Baby Dean

...Baby Dean
By Franklin Price
02/18/2022

Last night around ten-thirty
I heard my silent cell phone play
I was wakened from my slumber
It was about to make my day

The call was New Mom Bella
...

We'Re Soup Ingredients

...This year makes 10 years since I've been an ingredient in this soup,
Due to lifes' journey, been in and out like a belt through pants loop,
Over the years I've read some great poetry, made some gre...

Clerihew a Rhyme To Tell

...In the legend of one,William Tell
an archer& Swiss-born rebel
Such accuracy & skilled know-how
but,to an Austrian hat would not bow.

So had to skewer an apple on his son's head
this obedient  ...

Arrows

...King Harold takes shelter behind upturned barrows
The Normans approach and the gap quickly narrows 
His young wife had said
Keep down your sweet head
Then begged as he left, keep an eye o...

Ah, That Smell I Love

...half in slumber when I walk down,
early morning in my night gown,
with toasted bread she waits for me,
greets me with favourite coffee!

Jasmine smell may bring in the bees,
and rats may love t...

William Tell Remembered

...A flash of light,
a cloud of dust,
a joyous moment
beneath the rust

A hearty vision
with silver streaks,
unmasking boyhood
—in memories deep

(Garrett Hill Pennsylvania: March, 2021)...

William Tells

...Hapsburg bailiff Gessler’s hollow kow-tow;
was a farce William Tell would disavow.
A hat on a pole!  I'll never bow.  

Such disregard tagged him, non-compliant
in a poem told by William Bryant ...

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