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").
Olive Oil Made My Day!
Another week has come and gone... gone but not forgotten...Another week, full armour on... and this week was a hotten...One day, the heat had just..
© Denis Martindale
On How To Write A Poem!
The second lived before I start, no poem's on my mind,Then suddenly I must impart the new thoughts that I find!With my computer set to go, I'm poised..
© Denis Martindale
On The Move
The elephant was on the move,Vivaciously, of course,As if he had something to prove,A legend to enforce.With ears as big as suitcasesAnd tusks like..
© Denis Martindale
Nothing Can Stop You Now!
Whenever I check Grammarly,It offers me advice,And some of it is plain to see,And this makes me think twice!Percentage-wise I must improve,For..
© Denis Martindale
Not Good Enough! What Should I Do?
Not good enough! What should I do? For wisdom, I must pray.For God is love! That much is true! He knows what I must say.A parable can come tonight..
© Denis Martindale
Not If But When!
When Jesus preached and taught the crowd... He spoke of fasting, too...Of special grace that God's allowed... for those of faith like you...Of..
© Denis Martindale
Not So Fast!
While I enjoy espresso,I really must confesso...I sometimes make a messo,When I go expresso...Denis Martindale July 2019.
© Denis Martindale
Not On My Watch!
Throughout our lives, the things we've seen... and even things we've heard...There comes a time to intervene... and then stand on God's Word...A time..
© Denis Martindale
Nottingham By Night
My dream began that midnight hour, my spirit soared on highAnd midst such wonder and such power I flew across the sky...As if an angel, blessed with..
© Denis Martindale
Night Watchman, Too
When big cats pause in self-defenceAnd harken to each sound,It's then they think of foes, not friends,Nearby that lurk around...And when night comes..
© Denis Martindale
Night Watchman
The leopard's eyes scanned left and right,As sunshine faded fast,For soon would come the moon and night,When one more day had pastAnd eyes must now..
© Denis Martindale
Night And Day
It's like I'm hit by Cupid's dart -Are romantic words enough?I wish I were your sweetheartAnd your trusted one true love...To me, your smiles are..
© Denis Martindale
Ngorongoro Bull
I knew not where he headed to,That elephant so proudAnd yet he strode that journey throughAs long as God allowed...Two tusks a-swinging dead..
© Denis Martindale
New Year's Absolutions!
Behold, I stand at this year's end,Surviving Winter's chill,Alone this day without a friend,So solemn and so still...Within a house that's not a..
© Denis Martindale
New Year! New You!
And so it's here, another year,Brand new from start to end,Towards the future now to steer...New Year! New You! Dear friend.Another season, stay at..
© Denis Martindale
New Year! New Life!
Each Christian with a window view has insight there and then,Yet Daniel prayed what he should do for each new day again.He knew that God had..
© Denis Martindale
New Year Christianity
Maturity will prove the keyThat faith bids us to twist,The faith Christ proved at CalvarySpurs each evangelist...Redeem the time to preach Good..
© Denis Martindale
Nesting Song
A proud young thrush was singing strong,The nest had just been made,So intricate yet all day longThat thrush had none to aid...Alone to twist each..
© Denis Martindale
Nemesis
Behold the gracious Nemesis,With white quill in her hand...She wrote with this all things amiss,So all would understand...She took the lives the Gods..
© Denis Martindale
Near Death Experience
Old age can dim Man's weary eyesAnd slow the legs of youthAnd when we stand, we're mouthing sighs,Acknowledging the truth...And so it was, while in..
© Denis Martindale
Naughty, Naughty
The dreams of you, they were my ownAnd comfort me when I'm alone,The good I would I cannot do,Because I'm naughty through and through!The poets often..
© Denis Martindale
Naughty Poem!
A brand new poem I began,The first verse went quite well,The second didn't go to plan,So things weren't going swell...The poem prompted other..
© Denis Martindale
Nature's Resplendent Rainbows!
Beyond the rainbows circling highAbove us all to make us sigh,God puts His rainbows in our heartsAnd we express them through the arts!The urge to..
© Denis Martindale
Nature On Earth And Beyond!
God's first-made creatures stayed unseenBy many living things,Though coloured red or blue or greenAnd even those with wings.Beneath the waves where..
© Denis Martindale
Nature At Its Best!
In walks across the countryside,What wondrous sights these eyes have spied -From foxes darting clean awayTo badgers when they're lost in play!A..
© Denis Martindale