Margery Rehman

Margery Rehman Poems

• Cartwheels.
  Chiara Sophia comes through the door Does a cartwheel on the floor Over and over, upside down And downside up she turns around,
• By The River In Summer Long Ago.
  Hot, long lazy days Sun dazed dragonflies skimming Light filters through leaves We swim among the lilies
• How Many Miles To Babylon.
  (The real nursery rhyme goes; How many miles to Babylon? Three score and ten. Can I get there by candlelight?
• Clytemnestra.
  Restless, pacing panther-like, I prowl the palace Preparing for the gods to punish me, As is my fate.
• Evening Tea-Dance By The Seine.
  Pretty demoiselles In flowered summer dress Adventurous young men Shyly forward press
• For Naomi.
  Like brilliant diamonds in the skies Is the sparkle in Naomi's eyes Gleaming from beneath straight brows In a sculptured classic face that tries
• Burj-Dubai.
  By day the sunlight on you makes a diamond wand a glittering finger pointing upwards in the sky reflecting an almost unbearable light
• Carnival Evening (Painting By Henri 'Dua...
  A sense of peace and balance. A pattern with a darkening sky. Three disconnected clouds fly by As if forgotten
• Sunset In Muscat.
  The sun begins to set behind Burnt umber hills, Singeing them with fiery red, And spreads its light
• Good Poetry; To A Friend Who Has Views O...
  My thanks for being critical To pointing out how factual Too biographically actual Too formal, too literal
• Pilgrimage To Flanders Field-10th Novemb...
  Crying out through the years, The echoes of the dead seem to resound As we trudge through that muddy, wintry ground. Cold, rain -sodden, hungry, silent,
• Paul Tortelier In Recital.
  He had magic in his hands For, as he played, He transported us to heights Way above the stars.
• Homage To Fluff-A Hopefully Humorous Poe...
  No one could fathom the reason My grandmother's cat was called Fluff For this was a short haired moggy, A close-cropped, crew-cut scruff.
• Flashes Of Childhood 4; The Village, Lon...
  Upon a hill, the manse dominated the landscape. The largest house for many miles; double storeyed. Ten rooms with outhouses, solid dark stone, My mother's childhood home.