Mettle Poems - Poems about Mettle

... There are words that I’m slow to say, Bound inside and kept away, so My tempered tongue I won’t betray. Without much thought an ass will bray; Many with their jawbone slay, so There are word......Read the rest...

... ANZAC Few among them knew the name Gallipolli no crystal ball foretold the hell it spawned but in the misty dawn of 25-04-15 the legend of the ANZACs would be born. standing tall......Read the rest...

...Still wrestling with impasse to contentment Dispense sing with fidelity blithely agog just me and mine dark shadow slinking along outer limits of the edge of night doth blog passivity, the p......Read the rest...

... The same old feeling, Greets me once again, It’s weight has me stumbling, It fills me with disdain, How many times have I felt this pain? Why won’t I learn these lessons, No matter what I ......Read the rest...

...Who had chicken soup Simmering in a kettle, Momma did ... Letting the flavors mettle Who baked sugar cookies Shaped with a cookie cutter, Momma did ... And made with real butter Who mad......Read the rest...

...Towards the Horizon Sitting in a corner, absorbing the incandescent hue, A malt for company, awaiting a magical cue, I often wonder, all these years, where were you? I reflect upon the days whi......Read the rest...

...Why do today what you can put off till tomorrow? The following extrapolated thought thread exercised, NOT utilized to intimate how Fats Domino belied, and wowed a crowded house ass-sized. ......Read the rest...

...A sand weight walking in a noon Slumber stutter and sun moon fiasco Lit morning and walking in shrill Not many come keeping away the judge As finally roaming as a sand world casted The REM moods......Read the rest...

...Inspiring, crescendo ... the ascension, of myth and legend as Yaguara, or "Death in one leap" the sleek frame, Jaguar as if it's from another dimension. Leopards bit spotty, but Jaguars take a r......Read the rest...

...I lie - what wife mine’d been saying (our solidarity betraying) Was in fact much more dismaying: “Why have you not come before? From our lives you’ve been absented – with your coming, I’m contented......Read the rest...

...A healthy dose of invective flourishes at Highland Manor asylum I hate to be curt, but welcome to the monkey house at 2 highland manor drive, where all manner of imbeciles go berserk. I and ......Read the rest...

... Written: November 10, 2023, For Edward Ibeh Contest __________________________________________ As if to atone, I gaze into the obscurity of my soul. When I glance bac......Read the rest...

...I was a paramedic for many years until a work injury put a stop to things and so this is a poem reflecting on my career my blood was pouring into him while his blood stuck my feet to the flo......Read the rest...

...Let's not Minichu on fear ~ it's courage and mettle we should hold dear......Read the rest...

...One an angel, one a devil, Two so different, two so young, This ain’t love, this is so wretched, Came those hateful words, from the priggish tongue, But together they laughed, a......Read the rest...