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").

Distant Movement

Snow leopards are quite rare today,In fact, they're almost through,Unless Man seeks to pave the way,To do what he can do...For now, this creature..

© Denis Martindale

Discovery

When Man thought he was all alone, no aliens at all...He only had the Earth's unknown to beckon and to call...Yet then the Moon cried out above.....

© Denis Martindale

Disciple John, Friend Of Jesus

The Saviour ascended aboveAnd waved His friends good-byeAnd John, whose heart was filled with love,Then heaved a lonesome sigh...His dearest friend..

© Denis Martindale

Dignified

The wolf watched everything in sightWhile he heard every sound,For soon he'd run with all his mightAcross the unturned ground...No farmer ploughed..

© Denis Martindale

Digital Tv Dolphins

I've never seen a dolphin so cute and crystal clear -Nor with a greater grin as if from ear-to-ear!The eyes like magic marbles, the fins like shining..

© Denis Martindale

Dieting Is No Quick Fix

She hears what she wants to hear, as some ladies do.She cries warm and salty tears… and yet not a few…She looks and she sees with her two sapphire..

© Denis Martindale

Did U Know?

Creation's such a wondrous thing!Who else but God made this?And thus what praises should we bring,For truly they are His?What man can make a single..

© Denis Martindale

Diamonds Are Forever!

Don't simply see unpolished stonesIf you want riches soonAnd think of those befitting thrones,Much more than just a boon.Or else sit back, don't do a..

© Denis Martindale

Diablo

Diablo was a jaguar,As black as midnight skies,That sometimes hide the brightest starFrom everybody's eyes...Yet he had eyes like greenest jadeThat..

© Denis Martindale

Devoted Mother

The tigress took her time this day...Her cub was close at handAnd that was how they chose to stay,As though it had been planned.Togetherness brings..

© Denis Martindale

Devoted Disciple

Devoted disciple, take My hand...And walk with Me a while,You've loved the Bible, learnt what's planned,Yet now, let's talk and smile.Discuss with Me..

© Denis Martindale

Developing Focus

Man stares at himself.Man stares at the planet Earth.Man stares at the stars!Denis Martindale. April 2022.Haiku poem based on Man's history.

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Determination Power!

There is a power known to ManThat quite excels all elseAnd there because it serves God's plan,So it needs no farewells…There is a power meant to..

© Denis Martindale

Detecting Our Heritage!

God grants the wisdom to look back, to study distant things,To wander off the beaten track in search of ancient kings.To study maps and newfound..

© Denis Martindale

Destiny Beckons!

Behold the fashion and the form,The inkling there within,A shining light beyond the norm,A prize you're meant to win.A calling on your life, your..

© Denis Martindale

Denis The Limerick Poet Extraordinaire!

I asked a poet for a trickIn writing a new limerick...He told me straight without delayThat he would tell me if I pay...I turned around and left him..

© Denis Martindale

Denis The Determined!

When I consider what I was and what I am right now,I know that I am me because I muddled through somehow.I couldn't walk when I began, I couldn't..

© Denis Martindale

Denis Martindale, R.I.P.

With the last breath gone... Mid that sudden glare...While the Earth moves on... Now, out there, somewhere...As the bright light shone... And all my..

© Denis Martindale

Delivered By Amazing Grace!

When God equipped His Church with grace... His prophets prayed and prayed...For everyone about to face... the times when they're dismayed...When..

© Denis Martindale

Delighting In Dolphins

God's dolphin came to me last night -I dreamt it rescued me!It came to help me in my plightAs I was in the sea!No other soul appeared in view...Yet..

© Denis Martindale

Definitive Beauty

When I first saw that special girl, I had to say a prayer...As if she set my heart a-whirl, I wanted God to share...Of course He knew just how I..

© Denis Martindale

Defining Moments Of Our Love

Are written on my heartAnd when I sleep, they glide aboveAnd to my mind impart,The fantasies and memories,The hopes, the dreams, the prayers,The..

© Denis Martindale

Deepest Condolences

A final day has come again,For one more soul on Earth,A noble prince now missed by men,Because he proved his worth.Such that he steered the..

© Denis Martindale

Deep Water!

The tiger cub had all but grownAnd now the world seemed his,For as a tiger all aloneDeep water proved such bliss...The days were hot, yet he was..

© Denis Martindale

Deep Thinker

The lion's legs were full of lead,He stared before he slept,With rumbling thoughts still in his head,Which their own vigil kept...How come those..

© Denis Martindale