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").

~where The Polar Winds Blow

~ Where The Polar Winds Blow‘Way down south where the polar winds blow,There live the penguins, or didn’t you know?‘Way up north in the snowdrifts..

© Adeline Foster

One Gift

ONE GIFTOne gift, of all the gifts you gave,Lives through eternity,One gift I value more than allThe gifts you gave to me.One gift was more than I..

© Adeline Foster

~tears*

~ Tears *Somewhere a mother weeps for her lost child;Her heart is cloaked in desperate tears.Bless those tears, for were those tears deniedThe..

© Adeline Foster

Maternal Seasons

Maternal seasons come at last -To each belong a year,Though time cannot undo the past -Time-washed by maternal tear.Acknowledgment for what I owe..

© Adeline Foster

A Sudden Boom

A sudden boomA moment’s pause —A wondering whereOr what the causeThen back about our chores.The noise forgot —The day is hot;What thought have we for..

© Adeline Foster

Memories Of Childhood Are Sometimes Only Knowledge Later Learned

~Memories Of Childhood Are Sometimes Only Knowledge Later LearnedI remember, I remember the day that I was born.“How’s that, ” you say, “impossible.”..

© Adeline Foster

~no Man Is An Island

~ No Man Is An IslandNo man is an island,Or so I’ve heard it said.Certain men are leaders,And others must be led.Let not the man who would..

© Adeline Foster

~loves's Dirge

~ Love's DirgeOne there was... Whose words were like cool waters... To quench the thirsty rivers of the soul.One there was... Whose faith was like..

© Adeline Foster

, Yes, I Know

Yes I know.I know it's a small i.I know it's a verb.I know it's a noun.You can turn them around,You know.And I know, it's a typo.Yes I know.

© Adeline Foster

Martin’s Stand-Off

Martin's Stand-OffHow Martin felt lonely and, oh, how he felt sad;He heard Mother calling but he felt like being bad.He stayed in the garden by his..

© Adeline Foster

~plain Talk

~ Plain Talk'Mommy;What am I supposed to sayWhen they pat my head and ask meIf I've been good today?I don't really want to tell them;I don't know if..

© Adeline Foster

~in Answer To Her Letter*

~ In Answer To Her Letter*How often I have read your words;How well I understand.I also hear what others say,And how they do expound.And then I hear..

© Adeline Foster

~ Faces Of Death

~ Faces Of DeathDeath is a kinder rest than this,No dreams to plague the night.In death our thoughts have perished, *As surely as our sight.To live..

© Adeline Foster

.fog

. FogOver that mountain the sun is shiningOver that mountain it's dayHere in our valley the fog is hangingOver a world of grey.Over that mountain our..

© Adeline Foster

Abort Not

Abort NotEach man knows his allotted worth,The three score years and ten;Yet few were those who survived at birthThrough the ignorance of men.They..

© Adeline Foster

. Violet In June

.Violet In JuneA violet caught I in reposeUpon a sunbathed bank.Her head was bowed. Do you supposeIt was from life she shrank?She seemed so wilted in..

© Adeline Foster

Storm Song

''He lay dying in my arms,I knew his life was spent.He who, only yesterday,Strode boldly as he wentTo dive for pearls in oystersAlong the coral..

© Adeline Foster

Despair

. DespairWhen I walked daily in despair,How fickled spirits flyWhen hope became a daily pain -Despair a nightly sty.Until a bridge loomed up ahead -I..

© Adeline Foster

~ Apples

~ Apples'Children brush your teeth, ' they said.We brushed till they rattled in our head.Back and forth and forth and backTill a dentist said, 'No..

© Adeline Foster

~ Critics

~ CriticsEach of us need critics,But all of us need friends;To know the role you’re playingIs wisdom without end.Some criticize for pleasure,Some..

© Adeline Foster

Synergy*

The thunder rolled, and the lighting flashed,And two drops fell from the sky.And one called out as the other he passed,"A thunder storm am I.I'll..

© Adeline Foster

Reciprocality *

Pleasure is learned from adversityAnd joy from the knowledge of pain.‘Tis troubles we have that help us to seeThe value we have in a friend.Life is..

© Adeline Foster

~ An Emily Dickinson Theory

~ An Emily Dickinson TheoryBecause we writers feel so deeplyOur hearts can soar to heights of praise,And when we put it on the pageThe reader knows..

© Adeline Foster

In Season

In SeasonRain is falling on my garden;See buds peeping from the ground?Sunlight, falling on my garden,Dressed it in a gorgeous gown.Leaves are..

© Adeline Foster

~impressions

~ ImpressionsImportant, first impressions,For we all seek to impress.Deceptive, first impressions,If we meet one in distress.Trust those first..

© Adeline Foster