David Bradford: 77 books

    Drench Me In Flowers is a poem written in response to a present I received - a shirt covered in flowers. There is a lot of repetition in this 5 stanza (8 lines per stanza) rhyming poem. The rhyme has each odd numbered line rhyme the same word while each even numbered line rhymes the...

    With Salt - A Riddle is a short fun riddle poem. It presents its subject in the many various ways we see and use it every day, without ever once 'naming' what is being discussed. Can you guess the riddle answer?       There are five stanzas, each of six lines....

The Crab Genie is a magical tale of how a crab turns into a genie and what that crab really wants out of life. We initially meet the crab on a beach searching for food and follow its metamorphosis into a genie and, later, when found by a young girl on a yacht, released.   This...

    Hoodoo Cure is a poem considering how to break a voodoo curse! There are a lot of steps, but it is certain to work... maybe!     There are sixteen lines, grouped into four stanzas of four lines each. The rhyme scheme for each stanza is the same (AAAA).  ...

Seeing Is Believing is a poem that I wrote to explore that age old question of 'who are we'; are we what we think we see, are we seen by others as we see them, does it matter if you are other than what you see yourself to be? There are three stanzas of eight lines each. The even lines have...

The spoken word, depending on the orator, can produce wide-ranging effects and emotions in a listener. Likewise, the written word, whether a story, an autobiography, an historical account, or even a fortune cookie, can also impress upon its reader innumerable feelings. This impact, the work's influence,...

    Sharing is a poem about two people enjoying their world together, and being grateful for each other.     There are five stanzas of ten lines each. every two lines rhyme, each line is 7 syllables, 5 pairs of lines make a stanza, 5 stanzas total, the meter is da da DUM...

    Invitation is a short poem about a small bird who flutters down next to a person to remind them to return the courtesy already given by that person's friends (but not yet returned).     There are six stanzas. Each stanza has five lines. The first four lines rhyme A,B,A,B...

   Samara's Garden is a poem that I wrote which experiences the life of a falling "helicopter" seed.    There are eight stanzas of four lines each. The odd lines are all 14 syllables with an internal rhyme matching the last word of that line, then, the even lines (having an internal rhyme...

    Bird Of Paradise is a poem from the point of view of a psychiatrist (whether real or imagined, you can judge) who is visited by three very disturbed 'patients', each of whom are tormented, or in love with, birds of paradise. The ending sheds some light on what is actually going on, and...

The Ostrich Roar is a single poem using rich imagery that brings the reader into a fantasy world of animals as people. It speaks to the urge to be unique, to do something meaningful in not only your own eyes but also in the eyes of your fellows. We meet the young ostrich striving to be recognized...

    Gauzy is a fun poem inspired by the water lily paintings of Monet, not the crisp ones, but the ones where sky and water mix, where surface becomes color becomes reflection. I repeat the poems words and phrases, in different combinations, attempting to evoke the impression of imagery,...

    Pumpernickel is a a fun filled children’s poem. It is the appearance of a giraffe at a party who enjoys itself regardless of what others may think, and, in the end gets everyone to also enjoy themselves.       Each stanza is three lines and there are 8 stanzas....

What Is follow four characters (a luna month, a cuttlefish, a hippocampaus, and a sea cucumber) during a casual encounter with a rafting centaur in the open seas. They discuss the philosphical goal of achieving happiness by ones owns means, without blaming other forces for any unhappiness. It is twelve...