Peking Poems - Poems about Peking

...There was a young thing from Peking Who opened a cafe on a whim She cooked up a stew Hadn't a clue Didn't know where to begin......Read the rest...

...A duck-billed platypus Is bathing on the bus She left her favorite stream To join our swimming team She did so well last year Her lane was free and clear Until the final leg When Platy laid ......Read the rest...

...I kept looking around to see if I knew anyone in this town but everywhere I turn I see the goal post digging and the people are singing Their faces have grown old but their spirits are still bold. An......Read the rest...

...The three enigmas of Turandot The well of souls run deep in fabled lands of old. Of China's ancient dynasty and the lost Great Tartary, a ballad of love and loss that must be told. The Emper......Read the rest...

...Why do you look upon me with reproach, two-eyed fried eggs? I swear, only hunger and hopelessness have led me to encroach into the kitchen. The quite pushy monger, who sold me a used cornucop......Read the rest...

...Kidnapped. - for Peeking Through The Keyhole Contest The hole where the key’s meant to go Was vacant so I had to know What was outside to be seen But my captors weren’t all that keen It seem......Read the rest...

...'THERE'S A SHARK IN MY SOUP!' Not an eyebrow was raised, Not a shudder nor blood-curdling scream. For in Peking you see, it's a delicacy To consume shark fin soup it would seem. But when dine......Read the rest...

...Lodger in my heart I found rather strange people in my heart, among those closest to me, hiding and peking true white cels of my blood, stiling all those red one! Then I thought to myself, ......Read the rest...

...We humans like all creatures to have a purpose, an aim, From one-celled amoebas to fungi-spore glebas, They need a good reason to compete in life's game. Consider cats: They school us in hygiene ......Read the rest...

...Let's talk honestly together about our divinely-inspired inter-related concepts, like color, of God's unlimited multiculturing powers for healthy resilience and growth of Positive ultra-violet E......Read the rest...

...Sitting and waiting in a field full of olives is not a bad way to spend an hour but an hour can be long and long is a length and a length with a leaving leading light is not a dividend, a milestone, ......Read the rest...

...Unquotable quotes: Tale-Carriers, Gossip-Mongers, Courrier-Pigeon Caretakers, Smoke-Signal Puffers and Tom-Tom Thumpers – XXVI Could there be such things as political shenanigans or inter-conti......Read the rest...

...Snow... Its falling I found a white wolf it was well fed I went up to it all of the sudden I hear a gun shot The crows are flying covering the bright blue sky The wolf runs fast like a rabbit A......Read the rest...

...Autos whizzing by streetlights and apartment lights cut through the shadows TV is off - I pick up a pen Sit down - write another poem Tomorrow a poetry walk in New York city Words sometimes......Read the rest...

...Limerick: Once Lucy met Heidelberg Man for Nelson Mandela Once Lucy met Heidelberg Man Then Neanderthal and Peking Man Tortoise said to the Turtle: “Where’s your doggone girdle!” ......Read the rest...