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Montserrat Poems - Poems about Montserrat


Room With a View
...Room with a view I'll never forget the day we met, my neck still hurts from turning my head, First thing I know you were looking back, You almost gave me a heart attack I turned the corner a......

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Categories: montserrat, beautiful, for her, passion,
Form: Lyric
As I Recall
...As I recall it was December When a blizzard closed down O’Hare I was sick of northern winters While the sun was shining south somewhere I remembered in a magazine Pictures of a tropic scene In ......

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Categories: montserrat, beach, change, chicago, paradise,
Form: Rhyme



Marvelous, Mesmerizing, Montserrat
...To glance at the jagged hill is a dream Just as I yearn to amble over its magma flow Like a million salmon swimming up my bloodstream I will see the Soufriere Hills, I just know As the earth ven......

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Categories: montserrat, adventure, appreciation, desire, freedom,
Form: Ekphrasis
Island Hopping
...ISLAND HOPPING by JOHN M. ARRIBAS My first day of community service at Glen Oaks Assigned to spend time with a few elderly folks Spotted an old gentleman staring out into space Weathered ......

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Categories: montserrat, war, world war ii,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Slave To Words
...On Montserrat, in the night glow She holds her breath in warm anticipation She waits and longs for loving inspiration For only then could haiku flow. Condemned to ride emotion’s wave To word......

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Categories: montserrat, poetry, words,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Sorcerer
...Monseigneur Reygus Hameltus—defrocked priest and sorcerer of the black arts; epiphany of evil and master of debauchery. He looks among his minions with a grim bearded countenance and piercing bea......

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Categories: montserrat, allegory, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Montserrat
...The tourists have departed The sun is almost down Gregorian chants are flowing It’s peaceful all around On Montserrat.......

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Categories: montserrat, places,
Form: Free verse
Irish Slaves
...Once upon a time we all used to live together. By we I mean blacks and whites. The people from Ireland 'Irish" lived with black Caribbeans. They were shipped from Ireland as slaves to west indian mas......

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Categories: montserrat, history, work, people, ireland,
Form: Epic

Book: Reflection on the Important Things