Section: «Poems»

Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings: artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.); a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").

^ Rremembrance

^RemembranceI am in GuyanaA land of rain and sunAll my friends have vanishedAll except oneI see that entry in my graphAnd what a boost it isTo know..

© Adeline Foster

.peacock Solo

.Peacock SoloWalking slowly, slowly downA dusty country road,The shadows seem to grasp at meAnd all around they spoke.Lowly, lonely ghastly..

© Adeline Foster

Boomerang

BoomerangContempt can never be retrieved;No wound of scorn will heal,Though desperately apologyMay pray the cut conceal.Public insensitivityDoes but..

© Adeline Foster

To Landor

~ To LandorIf there be one poet my heart entwinesLet me praise brave Landor’s rhymes.For humor runs all through his verse,And though he may not be..

© Adeline Foster

^ Sudbury On Canada

^ Sudbury On(t) CanadaWhere else can you watch the slag dumpsLight up the skyWhere slag cars run skyway tracksAnd dump white-hot coals.Where else can..

© Adeline Foster

~ode To The World

~ Ode To The WorldThis old world is tired.This old world is through,And if you listen closelyYou would hear it say:All of the pains that you may..

© Adeline Foster

Nouns

There are different kinds of wordsWith names the same as you.Nouns are any thing you name:A cat, a dog, a shoe,A city, or a country,A feeling, or a..

© Adeline Foster

Skid Marks

Someone is crying this morning,Someone is weeping in pain,Someone is wishing they had itTo do all over again.The dark rubber burns on the..

© Adeline Foster

~sufficiency

~ SufficiencyI live not that I may seeThe world beneath my feet;Nor do I ask fame fondle me,Her glowing fingers bittersweet.I ask not riches, but..

© Adeline Foster

Legacy

~ LegacyMy pappy was a rough and a serious man,Up in the morning ‘fore six a.m.,Out to the barn and we mustn’t play,Feed the cows and the horses..

© Adeline Foster

Prolonged Sorrow

I've noticed how the grievingInure themselves to care -An endless quest, a suffering,And then a deep despair.I, too, have known such grievingAnd felt..

© Adeline Foster

Idle Folly

Idle FollyDown at the corner barroomThe fellows gibe and jestFor their homelife is too common,Too vulgar for their taste.So, when between their..

© Adeline Foster

Camping

. CampingWhen day is done and I am tiredAnd grown-ups sit out by the fire;For they have said that I must go,Snuggled in each hand and toe,To my bed..

© Adeline Foster

~ Mantra

~ MantraA cloud has crossed your sunny day.This too, with time, will passAnd once again the snow will goAnd green will be your grass.

© Adeline Foster

Enfant Gaté*

Enfant Gate *I had a dancing little girl;Her laugh was full of joy,And never would I trade that girlFor any girl or boy.Her laughter turned the..

© Adeline Foster

~to Maurice

~ To MauriceMy life has been shattered by the soundOf that tragic call.My heart lies broken on the groundWith that fatal fall.If in despair I cried..

© Adeline Foster

~ Frustrated Plans

~ Frustrated PlansHow many are man's frustrated plans,When heeding all the words of man?Each timid heart can take a standOn some oracle of another..

© Adeline Foster

~cookies

CookiesCookies are so inviting,And Grandma has learned the art;Each one bares the stamp of her heart.Cookies are so inviting,They seem to beckon and..

© Adeline Foster

^death Of Innocence (2)

^Death Of Innocence (2)Playful laughter in a gardenDark eyes flashing, curly hairInfant innocence happy there:'Dandelions, pretty flowersMommy, you..

© Adeline Foster

I Worry Too

I Worry TooIf Mother were sick,And I were her nurse,I’d tip-toe so softly:She wouldn’t get worse.If Father were busyAnd I hurt my hand,I’d still yell..

© Adeline Foster

Brier Fever

. Brier FeverOld Mac was a tough one, a proverbial son of a gun.I swear he could wrestle a bear.He was out in the forest and headed straight for..

© Adeline Foster

~ A Small Ship

~ A Small ShipA small ship set sailOut on a troubled sea;Her crew were not selected,But came of necessity.Her captain's goal was a peaceful land;Her..

© Adeline Foster

The Captain's Secret

The Captain's SecretIn that land of make-believe,Where only children aren't deceived,I'm the captain of an update spaceship car.By day a sun's bright..

© Adeline Foster

Makeshift Education

MAKESHIFT EDUCATIONNative Americans of old-At least in this we have been told-Would fling their children to the seaAnd hope that they would swim and..

© Adeline Foster

Shell-Shock

Deep in a glacial blue abyssAn eerie light will shine,And o’er the blazing desert sandsA burning sun will climb;A haunting cry will echo downThe..

© Adeline Foster