The poems

Poems starting with the definite article

• [ The small hours of the morning seem to whizz away so fast ]
• [ Trust in God, it\’s better than thinking ]
• The -Up and- Down Side of Lisbon
• The A to Z of it.
• The Ace!
• The act of estimating a thing as worthless
• The Actress
• The age old story
• The Animal Psychologist
• The Anniversary
• The Answer
• The Archduke of tse-tse flies writes
• The arm around my shoulder
• The Arrow of Time
• The art of us all
• The arts
• The Ashes 2, Day 1
• The Ashes 2, Day 1 part 2
• The Ashes 2, Day 2
• The Ashes 2; Day Five
• The Ashes 2; Day Four
• The Ashes 2; Day Three
• The Ashes 3, Day 1
• The Ashes 3, Day 2
• The Ashes 3; Day Four
• The Ashes 3; Day Three
• The Ashes 4; Day Four
• The Ashes 4; Day One
• The Ashes 4; Day Three
• The Ashes 4; Day Two
• The Ashes 5, Day 2
• The Ashes 5, Day 4
• The Ashes 5; Day five
• The Ashes 5; Day One
• The Ashes; Day Five
• The Ashes; Day Four
• The Ashes; Day One
• The Ashes; Day Three
• The Ashes; Day Two
• The Autumn of your life
• The ballad of PassionsPromise
• The band plays on
• The bankers lament
• The Bard -another attempt at the same villanelle-
• The Bard as Bridegroom
• The bastard
• The battle rages on …
• The beach
• The beach by night
• The beach or the woods
• The Bearded Trunk-Bat
• The beautiful girl
• The Beauty of Her Tears
• The beginning
• The best bit
• The best is yet to be
• The Best Laid Plan Of Marge Unwen
• The Best Laid Plans
• The Best of All Luck!
• The Best of Days
• The Best of Friends
• The Best of Life
• The Best of the Best
• The best that we can get?
• The best time of the year
• The Beta Sucks
• The Better Way
• The Bigger Picture
• The Bishop of rich rhyme
• The biter bit
• The Biter Bit
• The Bits Between
• The Black Widow
• The Blood Red Moon
• The Blues
• The brave
• The breezes blow
• The Brick in the Lake -sort of for Mairi bheag-
• The bridge of dreams
• The brighter side
• The bus fuss
• The call of the sea
• The Cat in the Clouds
• The Catalyst
• The challenge
• The championship
• The chance of a lifetime!
• The Change!
• The cheek of it!
• The cheerful pessimist
• The chef\’s peculiarities
• The Chicken and the Egg
• The chief curse of man
• The child inside
• The children die
• The Chocolate Cake Sonnet
• The Choking Grip
• The Christmas Morning Concerto
• The climb
• The Cockroach
• The Colour You Can\’t Find
• The commenter
• The Concept of Fiction
• The Cricket Season
• The Cricket Season!
• The Crime of the Century
• The cunning Snaggleduff
• The Cure-all
• The Curse of the Computer!
• The curse of the iamb
• The curse of the mobile phone
• The Daily Papers
• The dancing rose
• The dangers of eating ice-cream
• The dangers of eating ripe pears
• The Darker Side of Sue
• The date
• The Deadline
• The death of a dragon
• The Death of a Friend
• The Death of the Poet
• The decision
• The deepest reddest rose
• The Definitive Dinner Party
• The Deli Dish
• The Democratic Kingdom of Umbleania by the Sea
• The Desert Rose
• The Dictionary of You and Me
• The distance melts away
• The Doom of the Galahad
• The doomed bride
• The Down Side
• The downside
• The Downside of Spring
• The dozen deep red roses
• The Dragons I Know
• The Dream Catcher
• The drink of the gods
• The Easter Bunny
• The Economic Crisis in Umbleania by the Sea
• The Emperor\’s New Limerick
• The end
• The End of a Friend
• The end of excess
• The End of the English breakfast
• The end of the test
• The end of the World is nigh -Loosely after the divine McGonnagall-
• The enemy
• The energy we started with
• The English Weather
• The Equinox
• The evening star
• The evil inside
• The evolution revolution
• The exhibit
• The extra bit of magic
• The Eye of the Storm
• The facts by me -aged 10 and 1\2-
• The Fairy Alarm
• The Fairy and the Elf
• The Fairy Queen
• The Far Side
• The fastest man on Earth
• The female of some species
• The Few
• The fighter.
• The final day
• The final illness
• The Final Journey
• The final page
• The Final Peace
• The final rose
• The final stand
• The final word
• The finest form of life
• The finest of all forms
• The finest test
• The first
• The first and last times
• The first lady of Kent
• The first mistake
• The first tango
• The Florist
• The flower of love
• The Flower Show
• The food critic
• The fool
• The fool – A bad sestina-
• The Fool\’s Love
• The fools and the grunts
• The Forecast for Today
• The fourth ODI -India v England 2007-
• The Fresh Baked Bread Sonnet
• The Friend Who Came to Stay
• The full version
• The fundamental fallacy
• The future
• The game
• The Garden of my Mind
• The garden swing
• The genie I met
• The ghost
• The ghost of a story
• The gift of rain
• The Giggles of the Iggle-Piggle
• The Ginger Gang
• The girl that I love
• The Gnostic
• The god complex
• The Goddess
• The Goddess
• The Good Food Tour -of Umbleania-
• The Good Life
• The Great Charter
• The great debate
• The great phantasmagoria
• The great question
• The Great Rift
• The Great Wall of China
• The greater McGonagall revisits the Tay
• The greatest addiction!
• The greatest gift
• The greatest hope of man
• The Greatest Race
• The greatest treasure
• The groundsman\’s tale
• The Growing Pains of Pets
• The Guardians
• The Half Mad Half Minute
• The Hat
• The heart of Clare
• The heat of the night
• The Hedge Fund
• The Heliogram
• The heroes of my father\’s generation
• The Hidden Weapon
• The highs and lows
• The Hills in Wales
• The Honourable Members!
• The Hustler
• The ice bride
• The important part of dinner
• The Isle of Much Belief
• The journey
• The key
• The King is dead, long live the King!
• The king of poems
• The Kings and Queens of England
• The Kiss
• The kiss of stars
• The Knight in rhyming armour
• The Ladies of All Poetry
• The Lady
• The lady in command
• The lady of the night
• The Land of the Free
• The Land where Sanity Reigns
• The last album
• The Last Champion!
• The last dance is over
• The last day of the Ashes
• The last dreamer
• The last kiss
• The last laugh
• The last of the Vs
• The last reluctant hero
• The Last Resort of the Scoundrel
• The last rose
• The Last Sonnet of All
• The Last Train Home
• The last voyage
• The Law of the Oval
• the lexophile in love
• The library
• The lies I love
• The life of a lovesong
• The Lily of the Moon
• The Limerick
• The list
• The little ships
• The little things
• The little wooden aeroplane
• The Longest Word in English
• The lords of night
• The lottery
• The Love of His Life
• The lover\’s lament
• The lover\’s way
• The Luck of the Draw
• The Lucky Penny
• The magic in your eyes
• The Magician
• The Main Course
• The Man
• The man in the moon
• The man with deepset eyes.
• The marvels of nature
• The Matchmaker
• The meek that inherited the Earth
• The Meeting
• The megalomaniac cactus
• The Mermire
• The middle-aged poet
• The milky way
• The Mirror Pool
• The misadventures of a Knave
• The Moderate Drinker
• The modern mail -after WH Auden, a long time after!-
• The moment
• The moment of bliss!
• The Monster!
• The moon
• The moon in mind
• The Moon inside the Sunset
• The Moon Over Giza
• The Moon Pours White Wine
• The moon pours white wine
• The Moon takes care of lovers everywhere
• The Moon Tonight
• The Moon’s blessing
• The Moon\’s Daughter
• The Moonlight in the Meadow
• The morning after
• The Mountains call
• The Mountains of the West
• The MP\’s lament
• The mystery beyond
• The nameless dragon
• The Nations of the Free
• The Natural World
• The Nature of Love
• The nature of reality
• The Nature of Things
• The Needle Match
• The Neutron
• The new teacher
• The next generation!
• The Nicest Pirate of them All
• The night of the dead
• The night\’s tale
• The nightmare box
• The Nonsense Gorilla\’s Normal Day
• The Not Flus Blues
• The odd couple
• The offer
• The Office Party
• The Old Caretaker
• The old poet
• The Only Answer.
• The only dot that counts
• The only kiss
• The Only One for You
• The only one quite like you
• The only place to write
• The Only Truth!
• The only way
• The only way to put it right
• The organisation
• The Other Knight
• The other side
• The Oyster Roister
• The paper bell
• The parting of the ways
• The passionate promise
• The peeping tom
• The pendant
• The penguins that live on my waistcoat
• The People Whisperer
• The perfect gift
• The Perfect Girl!
• The perfect rose of Texas
• The Perfect Snack
• The Perfect Wife -in fifteen words-
• The periodic table of poetry -Up to Molydenum now-
• The Peter Principle
• The Philosopher\’s song
• The photon
• The pianist
• The picture
• The Pig and the Porcupine getting fit!
• The Pirate Queen
• The piskie did it!
• The playwright
• The poems that we like Jeff Green -cricketjeff- with Sue Cardwell
• The poet laureate of Kent
• The Poet Laureate of Skid Row.
• The poet\’s curse
• The Poetry of Night
• The poets
• The Police Search
• The Politicians\’ Villanelle
• The Politicians\’ Wish
• The pool
• The Postman Sings it Twice
• The power of dreams
• The Power of Words
• The Praise of the Crowd
• The President is \-Nearly\- Six Years Old
• The prettiest girl
• The price
• The Price of the Vampire\’s Bite
• The price she paid
• The price you have to pay
• The prizewinner
• The problem with contentment
• The problem with cream cakes.
• The Proctors at The Doctor\’s
• The production line
• The Promise of the Past
• The promises
• The Proposal Waltz
• The Proton
• The pupil
• The purposeful filly
• The Queen of all
• The Queen of Clouds at Night
• The Queen of Happy Sad
• the Queen of Hearts
• The Queen of Short Poetry
• The Queen\’s dinner guest
• The Railway Baron\’s lament
• The rarest blooms
• The rarest gift
• The real power in the land.
• The Reason for the Difference!
• The recipe for love
• The reigning Queen
• The rest of them
• The return of the duck
• The Rhymer\’s Grave
• The Ride of Her Life
• The rise of the demon
• The Ritual
• The River in the Rain
• The riverbank
• The Road to Nowhere
• The rollercoaster ride
• The Rose of Love
• The Route to Riches
• The routemaster
• The Rubaiyat of Itsmy Bathtime
• The ruddy \’ooligans
• The Saddest Truth
• The Scale of Things
• The Scariest Night of the Year
• The scent of you
• The Schönbrunn Waltz
• The Scottish Sonnet
• The Scottish Sonnet
• The Screen Goddess
• The seagull
• The Seamer -Ron Wiseman-
• The Secret to Success
• The secrets within
• The Seething Sea of Something
• The shadow of the night
• The shadow of tomorrow
• The sheerest satin sheath
• The Shorts Story
• The show off!
• The Sights of Summer
• The simplest answer! -not a poem-
• The siren song
• The Siren\’s Curse
• The sky
• The sky
• The Sleepless Heart
• The small hours
• The small hours of the city
• The Smart Phone Lament
• The Smart Phone Sonnet
• The Snaggleduff
• The Sneeze
• The Song of Gus and Jake
• The song of the night
• The Song of the Stars
• The songwriter
• The Sonnet IS for you!
• The sonnet Queen of deepest Kent
• The Sonnet\’s Sonnet
• The Sound of Plumbing
• The Soundtrack to a Dream
• The Sparkles All Around Me
• The special gift
• The SS Chocolate Cake!
• The Stars Still Shine
• The stars tonight
• The start of something big?
• the starving artist
• The State of the World Today
• The stick in the mud
• The Sticky Treat
• The straight road
• The strangest of cakes
• The strangest things live in my house
• The strongest bond
• The stuff of life -and tea-
• The Summer Cold
• The sweetest Rose
• The tap
• The Taste of Laughter
• The taxi ride
• The tea ceremony
• The telegram
• The Tellers of Tales
• The test
• The Texas Rose
• The theme song of the Eighth Royal Southumbrian Penguineers
• The things we are asked to do
• The things you see inside
• The thinker thinks!
• The third ghost
• The Thoughts of a Plant
• The three bears
• The ticking and tocking of life
• The time of year
• The time of year
• The Timeless Plot
• The Token
• The tomb of Jeff, King of Rhyme
• The Too Too Tutu
• The Torch
• The Torch!
• The tragedies of youth
• The tragedy of war
• The Train Makes the Strain!
• The trap of life
• The treasure sonnet.
• The treat
• The tree and I
• The tree we grew
• The Tridents of the Tritons
• The troupe of troops
• The True Believers
• The truth about men -And women!!!-
• The Truth!
• The twilight zone
• The Twisted Nature of Neutrinos
• The twists and turns of history
• The two Ls
• The two of them
• The two sides of loving
• The ultimate prize
• The Unanswered Question
• The Uncertainty Principle
• The Under 19 International
• The Unexpected Win
• The unhappy Snaggleduff
• The unknown
• The unstoppable foe
• The unwanted
• The Up Side?
• The ups and downs of life
• The upside of dirt
• The Upsides and Downsides of Cake
• The Venus of AP
• The vessel of love
• The Village Shop
• The virgin lover
• The virus is a cunning beast
• The walker\’s tale
• The War Poet -Wilfred Owen-
• The watcher
• The way it may be
• The way things are
• The way things were
• The way to spend today
• The Weather for Cats
• The Weather Gods are B******S!
• The Weather Man\’s Year
• The Weather Vane
• The Which Witch Tests
• The whole and the parts.
• The Whole Story
• The Whole World Went Mad Today
• The windmill
• The wishing well
• The Witch Queen\’s Tomb
• The witchfinder found
• The Witness
• The woods within
• The Word
• The Word That Cannot Be
• The Workaday World
• The Working Week is Over Now
• The world
• The world below the city
• The World has Changed
• The World in a garden.
• The World\’s a mess!
• The World\’s Greatest Cat Poet
• The Worst of All Days
• The Worst Way
• The wrong side
• The wrong weather
• The you I see