In winter’s white, as angels cry for early spring to warm the wind, to bring to life with gentle sigh...
Queen of the May
Category: Poetry
Haiku
Form: Haiku Photo by Luis Quintero on Pexels.com Autumn winds wanderNot lost they know where to goWinter paths open ©JGFarmer2020
Pagan Flame
In circle dance from left to right Around the Pagan flame From right to left eternal light...
Haiku
Form: Haiku feline eyes observethe crown with disinterestfor cats walk with gods ©JGFarmer2020
Sonnet to a Robin
One to another they passed the message On an autumn breeze hidden in a song In golden hues of the winter’s presage...
Afallach
Form: Deibhidhe Golden apples gracing treesA son of Avalon seesFalling leaves as fate takes holdAmid autumn’s leaves of gold ©JGFarmer2020
His Song Her Choice
Oh, how many times I have envied her Her femininity as the earth Inspiring me as her litterateur...
Haiku
Form: Haiku Photo by Trung Nguyen on Pexels.com love, the casting votesigns the deal of me and youin the words ‘I do’ ©JGFarmer2020
Mission Unaccomplished
A mission to England for the French King To calm the rising of religious storm The Pope said no, there’s the root of the thing...
The Story of a Broken Heart
A drop of water fresh from the cloud fresh from the ocean capturing the flowing river...
The Walk
A dog Walks past the trees...
Bivouac on a Mountain by Walt Whitman
I see before me now a traveling army halting, Below a fertile valley spread, with barns and the orchards of summer...
Ye Mariners of England by Thomas Campbell
Ye Mariners of England That guard our native seas! Whose flag has braved, a thousand years...
Fatima Stanza Sonnet Notes
Created by Larry EberhardtStructure: Two quatrains, a couplet, and a quatrainMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Schema: abab bcbc cc cdcd Example Tell Me of Your Anger in Whispers by Larry Eberhardt Should you be moved to speak in anger, dear,I ask that first you test your words alone.You’ll want to be assured your meaning’s clearif anger … Continue reading Fatima Stanza Sonnet Notes
Haiku
Form: Haiku refreshing the earthas rain clouds clutter the skythe spirit is cleansed ©JGFarmer2020
Gothic Poetry Notes
Gothic or Dark Poetry is an invitation to write the darker side of life and the imagination. It’s an alternative to the sweet and romantic love poetry of Keats or Wordsworth. So, if you feel a need to write about the feelings of someone being there when you are alone, the dark emotions of depression, … Continue reading Gothic Poetry Notes
Sonnet to the Dishwasher
Of all things to throw at me for a subject of a sonnet, the gadget that I have a passionate hatred for and won't give house room
Haiku
Form: Haiku for our kids we wantthe best of everythingsome must risk it all ©JGFarmer2020
Haiku
Form: Haiku the eyes of desirestare with intent, deepest wantall I do is sigh ©JGFarmer2020
Lady of Flowers
Goddess born of floral bloom Spring beauty on witch’s broom...
Remorse
For all those years you sat in pose, your love endured to meet my art. My muse you were, I saw no rose...
A Bit Magical and All That
My dearest, are you the magical cat, the tigress that casts her spells over me with a growling purr that caresses my heart whilst purring over my body...
Haiku
Form: Haiku shy petals openbravely facing the hot sunlife begins again ©JGFarmer2020
Love Remains
I shall not speak of sadness in her name Of a love lost when all I feel is love For love does not die, it goes on the same...
For my Rizzle
She has died leaving me behind in time Her ashes buried beneath the rose tree In the garden where she played roses climb...
For Ophelia
In blue moonlight where Lady Ophelia drifts the whispered streams in winter's beauty, her eyes reflecting starlight vaguely float and fade...
Haiku
Form: Haiku a path without endher feet step slowly on itand he stepped off it ©JGFarmer2020
A Christmas Party
The shepherds came from their sheep on the hills And peasants came too; a moment to see The animals joining in, angels in frills...
Brief Encounter
Washed up on the high tide line on the shore, A miracle lies amongst the debris. A rose from deep in the ocean’s blue core...
Divine Presence
Sweet pleasure enjoyed in the midnight sky freely shared in the warm autumn air and my feelings possessed with flight...
Heaven by Rupert Brooke
Fish (fly-replete, in depth of June, Dawdling away their wat'ry noon) Ponder deep wisdom, dark or clear,....
Why? by Spike Milligan
American Detectives Never remove their hats When investigating murders...
Go Vat Notes
Originating in Cambodia the Go Vat became popular among French poets in the late 1800s. It consists of a couplet which sets the rhyme of the subsequent stanzas, and a third line that repeats either in total, a phrase, or the last word throughout the poem. This gives the following structure and schema xxxxxxxaxxxxxxxaxxxxxxxB xxxxxxxaxxxxxxxaxxxxxxxB … Continue reading Go Vat Notes
The Kiss of Zen
A kiss of love that tastes of lipstick gloss And stains my lips like the wines of Alsace As you savour my sensual existence...
Heroic Stanza Notes
The Heroic Stanza is a popular quatrain used in ballades and storytelling. It consists of one unrhymed couplet and a rhymed couplet giving the poet some choice in rhyme pattern. Both couplets are decasyllabic or iambic pentameter.Possible rhyme schemas: abcb defe ghih and so onabbc deef ghhi and so onabac dedf ghgi and so onabca … Continue reading Heroic Stanza Notes
Haiku
Form: Haiku a death is comingcarried upon angel wingslife begins again ©JGFarmer2020
Freedom of Expression
I love you I said those words to you last night and again this morning...
As Easy as ABC
Arouse the senses, Breath meeting quivering lips, Craving mouth-watering moments...
Crystallization
My lips linger softly against your lips For longer than a taste on a tongue’s tip My eyes imprisoned deep within your eyes...
Sleep Demons
As I sleep my silent fears grow too much Like a giant tiger chasing my soul As in darkness I dread the slightest touch...
The Angel of Death
She waits in shadows on edges of life Her scythe to gather souls at rest beside. Angel of death, how we resist her knife...
Rock-a-Bye
Relaxing by the fire watching her sleep Upon my lap, she’s purring through the night And the night flows softly as dark tears weep...
Shattered Chains
Gaga sings I was born this way but I was not born to be someone’s perfection with my mind infiltrated...
Face to Face by Rabindranath Tagore
Day after day, O lord of my life, shall I stand before thee face to face. With folded hands, O lord of all worlds...
Sensual Inquisition
I felt the solution caressing the insatiable answers to the questions of love...
Kitty Caught a Caterpillar by Jack Prelutsky
Kitty caught a caterpillar, Kitty caught a snail, Kitty caught a turtle...
Heroic Couplet Notes
A Heroic Couplet is two successive lines of rhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter. It earned the name Heroic Couplet for its use in 17th and 18th century epic poetry. In neo-classical usage it was required to express a complete thought in a closed couplet with a pause at the end of the first line. … Continue reading Heroic Couplet Notes
Living the Thing
Amid the dreams of sweet sixteen there lies The open days when all destiny flies With opportunities of what could be...
Envelope Sonnet Notes
Structure: Octet and sestetMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Schema: abbacddc efgefg Example Gill Nets by Jez Farmer Old wooden boats are waiting by the seaThe tide is out they have no place to goIn stillness, they wait for the ebb and flowThe turning of the tide will set them freeAs waves come closer to their aging … Continue reading Envelope Sonnet Notes
Season of Paradox
In the season of paradox cowards slink, The world in ambiguity is enslaved. The writer’s quill flows with contrary ink...
