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").

Woman's Lot

~ Woman's LotA woman's is a sorry lot,As many a one would say;We do so many, many thingsInvisible each day.Our hearts grow heavy with the loadOf..

© Adeline Foster

Clowns

~ ClownsThree rings were in my circus,Each in a different land,A different act, a different set,Each staged a different clown-A slight resemblance..

© Adeline Foster

~ Forgotten Old Cabin

~ Forgotten Old CabinA forgotten old cabin at sunset,Whose chinks have loosened and fell,Only a few miles from the city,But how many tales it could..

© Adeline Foster

~spring

~ Spring *Gray death, the winter's cover,Has lain the country over,Her shades rolled high.Earth's secrets are exposed,Uncaring in repose,To every..

© Adeline Foster

~the Protagonist

~ The ProtagonistThe old man's heart was heavy as he sat down by the fire;'Twas many a day since he had earned a mere survival's hire.Now with a..

© Adeline Foster

. Leave Leaves

.Leave LeavesA wind bespoke the silent mornAnd shuddered trees that stood half shorn,So all the leaves came tumbling downAblaze with red and gold and..

© Adeline Foster

Smoke From The Chimney*

Smoke from the chimney against a gray sky,Wherever you're going, thither go I.The heart of a youth will forever repeatThe natural longing of youth's..

© Adeline Foster

~to See

~ To SeeI saw a man unreasoningYet sure that he was right,Unable to admit that somePossess a different sight.I threw a thought out to the world;A..

© Adeline Foster

Of Dandelions And Tears

The child cried out in unaffected glee.The adult smiled impassively,'Tis common, they are all around, ' said he.The child saw not the yellow dotted..

© Adeline Foster

~ Eclipse

~ Eclipse“Now study hard, ” the teacher said,“For when your study you’ve done,Somewhere in the month ahead,The time for test will come.”Then from the..

© Adeline Foster

~the Cat Stretches Out His Length

~ The Cat Stretches OutThe cat stretches out his length,Not caring who observes,Extending out his muscle’s strength,Relaxing all his nerves.Then he..

© Adeline Foster

. Guyana Voices

.Guyana VoicesAs a stallion, prancing, strongI held my head above the throng,Then stooped to kiss the lips so dearThat spoke my life and future..

© Adeline Foster

~sometimes In Supplication

Sometimes In SupplicationSometimes in supplication,Or just in earnest prayer,I kneel beside my bed, and thenI feel Him lift my care.But other times..

© Adeline Foster

O Night

How often on my feet of scornI've trudged across the early mornAnd begged the sun hold back the dayFor sluggish hands that would delayTo grasp the..

© Adeline Foster

Hospital Visitors

Hospital VisitorsThank you so for comingTo break a long, long day.If you catch me sleepingIt might only look that way.In hospital resting and..

© Adeline Foster

^time For Another

^Time For AnotherThey're choosing the songs on the radio -Preparing our boys who will have to go -Getting their pawns lined up in a row -It's time..

© Adeline Foster

^limerick

LimerickThere was a young boy from ManassasWho forgot to wash under his glassesAnd so very soonHe looked like a raccoonAnd scared all the girls in..

© Adeline Foster

. Bull Daunted

Bull DauntedI climbed a fence to pick a flower,Then stopped to look around.It took me 'most a quarter hourTo pick the flowers that I found.Oh, lovely..

© Adeline Foster

. On The Horns Of The Moon

.On The Horns Of THe MoonI cannot live in bitter dungeonsIn the caverns of your heartWhere roam the flying creaturesOf javelin and dart.I shall wrap..

© Adeline Foster

Mitigation

MitigationAs we plow the rows of life,The twisted furrows of our strife-We must look back a time or twoTo see if they are following true.To know the..

© Adeline Foster

Unborn

~ UnbornBefore she ever learned to trustHer need to trust was born.Before she ever knew the dayShe recognized the morn.Before she ever knew the..

© Adeline Foster

~kind Words

~ Kind WordsKind words don’t come easy,How well I do know;For how often have IRehearsed each word in my mind,So that each would be saidAt the..

© Adeline Foster

~sunlight’s World

~ Sunlight's WorldWe watch the lazy butterflyFrom bloom to bloom come flitting by,And in the grass a cricket’s chirpTells us that he would never..

© Adeline Foster

^ Indebted

^IndebtedWhen I was poorAnd always sureOf whom my friendsAnd creditors wereI'd hasten fleetThe debt to meetLest any think meA deadbeat.Now I am..

© Adeline Foster

.pole Vaulting

.Pole VaultingI’m on a high wire; up in the sky wire.I’m living where the clouds are far below.It’s not a real world; it’s just a dream world;If I..

© Adeline Foster