Best Dowdy Poems

Ride by Betsey Dowdy

Old Jarvis used to always say
That the British will come someday
And burn our houses darn them all
So on Joe Dowdy he had to call.

Joe, Great Bridge, Dunsmore's heading for
Then he will be here we know for sure
Stealing everything that is in his...

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Doris was dowdy, drab, and draggle-tailed too
Forever frumpy, frightened, a failure, at age thirty-two
Jaundiced, juicy-gossipy, jealous, and July jailed
Slovenly, slithery, shipwrecked, her moment had sailed....

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