Best Hugo Poems
The Blue Pond - linocut by Hugo HennebergWild eyed I wade through reflections,
as I unhook from the moon.
Branches become nets, become veins,
that drape from entangling limbs.
Harmless mistakes, underscored a hundredfold,
creating cracks in the Earth.
My feet still find the pond floor. ...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hugo, art,
Form:
Ekphrasis
How Hugo Became Our FriendI'm a flower fairy,
And my name is Carrie,
My best friend is Barry;
All flowers, we do tend,
Sunrays, on them we send,
Make sure petals opened;
Treasure hunt when we're free,
Found silver coins shiny,
A button, lace rosy;
We heard barking one day,
A huge...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hugo, children, dog, fairy,
Form:
Rhyme
Esmeralda, As Told By the Poet Pierre Gringoire - With Apologies To Victor HugoI had been placed in chains
Where the cripples shed their canes
And the blind regained the art of seeing.
It was a robbers’ den
And as all God fearing men,
I had assets needed freeing.
Sometimes the poet’s muse
Is a bride who will refuse
All...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hugo, allegory, desire, literature, romantic,
Form:
Lyric
Hugo VictorA judge ruled a man is not cursed
By the name by which he was nursed
So his wife's not to blame
That his friends cause him shame
When she tells them all, "Hugo first!"...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hugo, french, humor, relationship,
Form:
Limerick
Will You Go, Hugo?Will you go, Hugo, a-marching with me?
Will you go, Hugo, way down to the sea?
Over the hills we go, into the sun
(Shining on flowers and kissing each one).
Into the wind we go, singing so fair,
Skipping a song on the bright summer air!
Under the bridge we...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hugo, children
Form:
Lyric
Victor Hugo TranslationVictor Hugo "Love Stronger Than Time"
Translation by Michael Burch
Since I first set my lips to your full cup,
Since my pallid face first nested in your hands,
Since I sensed your soul and every bloom lit up—
Till those rare perfumes were lost to deepening sands;
Since I was...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hugo, french,
Form:
Verse
Poem Eviradnus By HugoPoem Eviradnus By Hugo
Wherever you may go either fast or slow
Eventually always will have run into Hugo;
A poem created;
Consummated,
And tried and true and then to and fro.
Jim Horn...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hugo, allegory, analogy,
Form:
Limerick
Book - Les Miserables By Victor Hugothis great story is comparable ~ to parables in holy writ...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hugo, freedom, french, paris, prison,
Form:
Monoku
Flo and HugoFrazzled freakish freckled Flo
Generously gives gifts on the go
Huckster Hugo has eyes for Flo
If they get together, who will know?
Just Jeremy, Jenny, Jimmy and Joe
Kindly crazy kin set up a glow
Lighting the meadow for Hank and Flo
Midnight merriment, a fireworks show...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hugo, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form:
Monorhyme
Tiny Huge ManPoor huge man who believes
further large...
In front of Everest,
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hugo, allegory, allusion, appreciation, confusion,
Form:
Epigram
HurricaneHugo was a huge hurricane in Carolina
Unfortunately I was homeless then
Right then God being the designer
Red shelter found with kind garbage man
I had a three month old baby boy
Cherry cries for he felt my fear
Angels seem to fill amber void
Needing grace God kept us...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hugo, america, angel, angst, anxiety,
Form:
Acrostic
TaxZafar Khan Down do you pay your taxes?
Why are you interested in different sexes?...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hugo, abuse, celebrity, city, fire,
Form:
Rhyme
TigerYour thick neck and graceful eyes,,
Zafar Khan you are a tiger with ties....
Continue reading...
Categories:
hugo, anger, animal, betrayal, evil,
Form:
Rhyme
Price ControlIn AD 301, a Roman Emperor made a decree
He fixed the price of food and clothes
If you sold for higher, there was a death penalty
If you hoarded those goods, your blood would flow.
Since no one can manufacture below cost
Sellers disobeyed the decree
Mobs attacked them, lives...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hugo, america, crazy, culture, fire,
Form:
Lyric