Best Dottie Poems

Polka Dottie

When the up-tempo “Beer Barrel Polka” began
I grabbed sweet John’s arm, curtsied to my man

The Polish side of my family hit the floor
While my new groom wished he could slip out the back door

There was only one dance I’d ever seen John do
His “variation...

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Big C. Big deal 
You threatened her breasts 
And ravaged her lungs 
And filled her precious body with poison...
 
...you confined her to her bed 
And devastated the love of her life 
But she laughed at you 
All the pain through 
And still she made...

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A song thrush am I
Dottie is my name
Play with me a game
One that's called I-Spy

In the garden 
Something I spy
With my little eye
Beginning with
The letter ‘S’
Can anybody guess?

There are no replies
None to play her game
Always it’s the same
One thing Dottie spies

Nobody knows!
Nobody guessed!
Dottie is the...

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Dottie had been looking past the relatives for sixteen days
Staring out the window, at the pasture, seeing angels
They motioned for her to come, but she was never alone.
Her daughter did not understand the death process

A parade of people came in to check on her
Some had...

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