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Schwartz Poems - Poems about Schwartz


Premium Member Lured by East Rock
...Alex Honnold free soloed up Half Dome I watched the video from the comfort of my home I marveled at Catherine Destivelle, when Verdon's edge she trod, But in New Haven, East Rock lures the unskill......

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Categories: schwartz, adventure, courage, death, wisdom,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Faith Strengthened
... To the hell of Theresienstadt transported all hope for freedom aborted Rabbi Shmuel Goldin understood what awaited a life of forced labor now fated Led into his barracks,......

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Categories: schwartz, faith, freedom, god, inspirational,
Form: Couplet



Someday I Will Love Lucia Ferris
...after Rader/Schwartz/Vuong/Reeves/O’Hara oh lucia. if only there were someone who loved you. and not the version of yourself you know they want to see but the you that you have locked in ......

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Categories: schwartz, 12th grade, addiction, angst,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Delmore
...Delmore Schwartz T'was said, "He cavorts!" A career much too short, But still the greatest of poets!......

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Categories: schwartz, poets,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Ezra Schwartz
...Ezra Schwartz Oct 1, 1997 — Nov 19, 2015 The dice of terror Was cast that day Young Ezra’s life Was taken away He went to Israel For his gap year To study at yeshiva And volu......

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Categories: schwartz, death,
Form: Rhyme



Dreaming Lower East Side
...Lying back on my recliner I flipped on Jonathan Schwartz who plays classic jazz tunes on his radio show interspersed with some classic rock I feel relaxed - having seen the latest Wo......

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Categories: schwartz, art, joy, urban,
Form: Concrete
The Moon Also Rises - the Midwatch
...The Moon Also Rises The Midwatch Harry Mayer The X.O.’s in the shower and the Captain’s in his bed. The Chiefs’ are playin’ poker as we’re steamin’ to the Med. “I’ll take that bet and ......

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Categories: schwartz, humor, military, sea,
Form: ABC
Salt Spring Island
...Hot summer day Beautiful time to visit the island Ferry to Schwartz Bay Then to Salt Spring BC Transit takes you downtown to Ganges Nice little village Had coffee at Salt Spring Coffee Bean Ca......

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Categories: schwartz, summer,
Form: Free verse
Lions True Blue
...A die hard fan I have been. Remember thinking, 16 games 17 weeks, even the Lions will pull off a win. Preseason champs yes we might of been. But 0-16 meant a lot more my friends. That year is gone an......

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Categories: schwartz, sports,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Holding On, Or Throwing Away?
...There were things of mine in the drawers that could be thrown out, But I kept gravitating to the things that were his. His Public School 45 autograph book. It was red, white, and blue leatherette......

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Categories: schwartz, death, introspection, life, lost
Form: Free verse
Date Night (And the Day After)
...Opening line from "Highway Five Love Poem" by Ruth L. Schwartz This is a love poem for all the tomatoes I squished to make our Date-Night spaghetti. Our love, like the pasta, was shiny. So th......

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Categories: schwartz, food, lost love, sad,
Form: Villanelle

Book: Reflection on the Important Things