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").
(027) Jealous Love
Jealous LoveCovered in bloodI trudged along,feet sopping wetI’ll never forget.WeakenedDetermined,kept a slow pace.WearilyStruggling,hoping for God’s..
© Melvina Germain
(023) Resting Place (Haiku)
Butterfly visitsMomentarily seeks homeeverlasting peaceWritten: August 19/2006
© Melvina Germain
(022) Naughty Little Mellie (Children’s Poem? ? ? ? ?)
She talked and talked and talked and talked some more.Whew, what child is this hanging aroundGranny Green’s corner store.I tried to walk quietly not..
© Melvina Germain
(021) Mouse In The House (Children’s Poem)
I’am a little mouse,I run around Mikes house.I know it really belongs to me,cause I don’t need a key.I found a hole in a rusty old pipe.Crawled in..
© Melvina Germain
(020) The Fat Poet
The fat poet, who never shares,how dare he keep the words of beauty,stockpiled, hidden in a quiet corner.Why, words such as these, must beshared to..
© Melvina Germain
(019) Walking Along The Beach In Nova Scotia
Walking Along The Beach In Nova ScotiaWalking barefoot in the sandon a quiet Sunday morningat peace with natures surroundings.A warm sunny day witha..
© Melvina Germain
(018) Blessed By God (Haiku)
A new born babyCries loud, entering this worldResponds to Mom’s touchNov.4/06
© Melvina Germain
(012) Foral Essence (Haiku)
Bird of paradiseElegantly poised, flourishedGraceful, poignant sightWritten: Sept.06/06
© Melvina Germain
(006) The Mustard Seed
A place to rest one’s body and soul,to put life’s worries on temporary hold.A time to pray to the good Lord above,and ask for His un-con-di-tion-al..
© Melvina Germain
Smoke Break
Rings are made: gaseous jewels.Through the corner of the mouthThe world is rising and fallingSlowly; cities white and mistyAre under her eyes, around..
© Lamont Palmer
Planned Movement
You go to bed from your calm TV room,(with paneling, you initially dismissed)a room made finely for your moods, like demurerain, stopping and..
© Lamont Palmer
Silent Treatments
In the room there are the makings of dreams.Each item (balsam wood or not) adrifton purpose, whether we talk, grin or stare,whether barriers are..
© Lamont Palmer
Glacier Bay In Pure Light
Sky makes the scene believable.Twice the proportions, twice the ice,At 500 ft, the symmetryIs the god of piercing blue,The deity of lonesome..
© Lamont Palmer
Of Birds And Men In Appalachia
Flying in on the envy of watchers comes the dive,as much drawn by wind as by helpless air,as by the tiny plume, so truthful in motion,on to where the..
© Lamont Palmer
The Very Long Life
(For Doshia Watkins,1909-2011)There was more in you than in me. There wasthe outer core and the inner storm, the stagedwhispers and curtain calls..
© Lamont Palmer
The Step-Daughter
THE STEP-DAUGHTERThe E-cigarettes you love losetheir imitative skilland go limp in the faceof urges. You go with theminto a nothingness ofseveral..
© Lamont Palmer
For Thorsten Kaye
Plots come and go, like wild seas stripped of pride.In the heart of melodrama, life thrivesin various eateries and board rooms and inbeach homes;..
© Lamont Palmer
Older Dolls
She stillputs earringsin herdelicate ears.But it is the lobewhich isnow most precious;human goldupstagingflashy metal,in afternoonsquieterthanthe..
© Lamont Palmer
Little Black Dress
Before it is donned it dons the ego,tempting colors from the emotions. The silkslips like hidden thoughts from the body,even as it retains the..
© Lamont Palmer
Little Black Dress Worn And Unworn
Before it is donned it dons the ego,tempting colors from the emotions. The silkslips like hidden thoughts from the body,even as it retains the..
© Lamont Palmer
For George Michael
Blonde andhigh altoreverberations,it was a throatmade of a special soul,the edgeof serenity,at onewith thedance,from aliving motion.We learned of a..
© Lamont Palmer
Mid Spring
In your lap I find a heaven. TreelessYet breezy, in stages I am moved furtherUpwards, toward that place we once knew well,And now revisit, sometimes..
© Lamont Palmer
For B.B.
There were guitar licks in the whitest cotton.That's where the Delta became a womb, a fertile mud,Holding onto hot nightclubs, and charred..
© Lamont Palmer
Robin Williams Musing
1.Should I breathe in laughterOr just disintegrate?Rooms with windowsSeem to have no windows;The empty plants placedStrategically, resembleEverything..
© Lamont Palmer
Cutting The Losses
All lengthening dies; so goes hair and hipster styles,In what may be the last gray strand touchedOn sideburns edged toward thoughts of perfection.As..
© Lamont Palmer