Section: «Poems»

Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings: artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.); a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").

Do I Make The Sky Feel Blue?

While I am but a mortal man who walks the Earth below,To merely do the things I can as through this life I go,The sky has both the sun and moon to..

© Denis Martindale

Do I Make Plans Before I Write?

Do I make plans before I write, or simply let words flow?Can I be perfect day and night, then scribble to and fro?Erm, well, it's not that easy..

© Denis Martindale

Divorce?

By staying single, then, of course, no girl could marry me...So I avoid a sad divorce, by staying fancy-free...No lawyer's fees, no broken heart... I..

© Denis Martindale

Divine Encounter!

Does God restrict Himself at all? Does God reach out today?Does God provide a miracle? Does God hear when we pray?Beyond these questions, God..

© Denis Martindale

Distributing Invaluable Knowledge As You Observe

To think, a Christian Gospel tractCan help to save a soul...And yet, in truth, it's proved a fact,For God's love makes us whole...Anointed by our..

© Denis Martindale

Distinguished!

Distinguished though the leopard seemed,He still recalled his past,As if at rest, in thoughts he dreamed,Yet knowing these can't last...As if his..

© Denis Martindale

Distant Movement

Snow leopards are quite rare today,In fact, they're almost through,Unless Man seeks to pave the way,To do what he can do...For now, this creature..

© Denis Martindale

Discovery

When Man thought he was all alone, no aliens at all...He only had the Earth's unknown to beckon and to call...Yet then the Moon cried out above.....

© Denis Martindale

Disciple John, Friend Of Jesus

The Saviour ascended aboveAnd waved His friends good-byeAnd John, whose heart was filled with love,Then heaved a lonesome sigh...His dearest friend..

© Denis Martindale

Dignified

The wolf watched everything in sightWhile he heard every sound,For soon he'd run with all his mightAcross the unturned ground...No farmer ploughed..

© Denis Martindale

Digital Tv Dolphins

I've never seen a dolphin so cute and crystal clear -Nor with a greater grin as if from ear-to-ear!The eyes like magic marbles, the fins like shining..

© Denis Martindale

Dieting Is No Quick Fix

She hears what she wants to hear, as some ladies do.She cries warm and salty tears… and yet not a few…She looks and she sees with her two sapphire..

© Denis Martindale

Did U Know?

Creation's such a wondrous thing!Who else but God made this?And thus what praises should we bring,For truly they are His?What man can make a single..

© Denis Martindale

Diamonds Are Forever!

Don't simply see unpolished stonesIf you want riches soonAnd think of those befitting thrones,Much more than just a boon.Or else sit back, don't do a..

© Denis Martindale

Diablo

Diablo was a jaguar,As black as midnight skies,That sometimes hide the brightest starFrom everybody's eyes...Yet he had eyes like greenest jadeThat..

© Denis Martindale

Devoted Mother

The tigress took her time this day...Her cub was close at handAnd that was how they chose to stay,As though it had been planned.Togetherness brings..

© Denis Martindale

Devoted Disciple

Devoted disciple, take My hand...And walk with Me a while,You've loved the Bible, learnt what's planned,Yet now, let's talk and smile.Discuss with Me..

© Denis Martindale

Developing Focus

Man stares at himself.Man stares at the planet Earth.Man stares at the stars!Denis Martindale. April 2022.Haiku poem based on Man's history.

© Denis Martindale

Determination Power!

There is a power known to ManThat quite excels all elseAnd there because it serves God's plan,So it needs no farewells…There is a power meant to..

© Denis Martindale

Detecting Our Heritage!

God grants the wisdom to look back, to study distant things,To wander off the beaten track in search of ancient kings.To study maps and newfound..

© Denis Martindale

Destiny Beckons!

Behold the fashion and the form,The inkling there within,A shining light beyond the norm,A prize you're meant to win.A calling on your life, your..

© Denis Martindale

Denis The Limerick Poet Extraordinaire!

I asked a poet for a trickIn writing a new limerick...He told me straight without delayThat he would tell me if I pay...I turned around and left him..

© Denis Martindale

Denis The Determined!

When I consider what I was and what I am right now,I know that I am me because I muddled through somehow.I couldn't walk when I began, I couldn't..

© Denis Martindale

Denis Martindale, R.I.P.

With the last breath gone... Mid that sudden glare...While the Earth moves on... Now, out there, somewhere...As the bright light shone... And all my..

© Denis Martindale

Delivered By Amazing Grace!

When God equipped His Church with grace... His prophets prayed and prayed...For everyone about to face... the times when they're dismayed...When..

© Denis Martindale