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Denis Martindale
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Denis Martindale Poems
- * The Cross Of Christ The jeering crowd like jackals stood, ...
- * I Am An Elephant! It's true, I am an elephant! In fact, ...
- Portrait Of A Prince Behold the tiger's face up close, With...
- Patience Is A Virtue Everything comes to those that wait, ...
- * The Prestige Of The Poppy Behold my form, my humble guise, ...
- Giant Panda! A baby Panda has to eat, How else can Pandas ...
- The Little Mermaid The sun shone brightly in the sky, ...
I was born at a very early age, they allowed me to live, but forced me to go to School. That's where I sang hymns from my tiny Songs of Praise hymnbook.
Most of the time, I try to rhyme using the common metre 8 syllables then 6 then 8 then 6 verse style. I've been writing hymns and poems and stories for a very long time and have added 2,000 poems on poemhunter.com already.
My poems have been in Church magazines and local papers and magazines and on local Radio as well as Christian TV and Radio channels. Some of my poems have also been on the UK Shopping channels like bid.tv, price-drop.tv and speedauction.tv and in one month about a dozen poems were read out on ... more »
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* The Cross Of Christ
The jeering crowd like jackals stood,
To see what must be done.
Though once they thought this man was good,
They didn't see God's Son.
They called Him Rabbi, Teacher, Lord,
Yet now He was Rome's slave.
So all His claims were now ignored,
For who was He to save?
The nails were driven deep inside...
More drops of blood soon fell...
Once lifted, hoisted, crucified,
His life was just like Hell.
Torment and torture lay ahead.
Excruciating pain.
His scourged back stung and bled and bled
As briars bruised His brain.
His mother wept each passing ...
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A jaunty rhythm for a serious subject. Sorry. Poetry demands more than this.
Tom Billsborough
excellent poems. you are great in explaining your feels. i invite you to read my poem
Absolutely Beautiful! ! ! ! !
I think your works are fantastic, sir! The first poem I read by you inspired me to write my own one on the same subject. Thanks! I hope to become at least half as good as you some day!
You're an amazing, prolific poet and I really admire your work. Thanks for sharing such genius with all the poets on poemhunter!
Thanks for all the tips and suggestions. They were very meaningful and helpful. I will try to improve my poems over the next week.