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Best Martha Poems

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Martha Brown
Martha Brown is my neighbour.
and a sprightly eighty-five.
Martha lives upon her own;
so proud she can still drive.
And it was just recently,
Martha knocked upon my door,
to...

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Categories: martha, humor,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Poet -This Poem Is About You
-Dear, Mr & Mrs Poet- 

Do you ever question where it comes from?
This poem's about you, sit down and get a load off 
Tranquilize your...

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Categories: martha, dedication, deep, inspirational, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Heave Ho and Yo Ho Ho
There's a Senior's home called the Shady Lane
    and life's curse is at an end.
Where a hundred souls are kept in line
...

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Categories: martha, adventure, funny, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Our Greatest Need - 2
She sits and listens
Intent on every word 
Not once does she visit the kitchen
Where I need her help, her assistance
There is so much to do,...

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Categories: martha, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Song of San Francisco Hills
This is about San Francisco,1967

Oh, yes that city had its own song!
It was a siren's call that sang;
"Here, Panagiota, is where you do belong!"
And my...

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Categories: martha, adventure, america, memory, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member To Dance With Mary Jane
I never got to dance with Mary Jane
although I heard she sure knows how to swing!
She has a twin, and he is masculine;
he doesn’t have...

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Categories: martha, social,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Godly Women - 2
Some are mothers, reflections of love
Poured out on children who abide in hope
Remembering that Mary, the mother of Jesus,
Gave us all a sense of the...

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Categories: martha, appreciation, blessing, christian, god,
Form: Ode
The Passing of Edward
Martha was rudely awaken on Monday morning
With the phone call we all dread
“Mrs Palmer we regret to inform you
That your husband Edward is dead”
She thought...

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Categories: martha, death, sad,
Form: Rhyme
My Dearest
My Dearest love Martha,
                As I begin to write you,...

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Categories: martha, america, appreciation, devotion, inspirational,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Lazarus
One day I fell ill and apparently died.
My sisters were grieved, one found Jesus and cried,
"If only lord you'd been here this day
 Our brother,...

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Categories: martha, bible,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Chair {personification} In Couplet Form
I sit at the end of your final stroll
Setting you free is my only goal

At the end of your life so tired and beat
I quietly...

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Categories: martha, death, history
Form: Personification
You Should Be Afraid of Virginia Woolf...
The most imperfectly 
Compatible almost-couple…
Framed in unwanted proximity
Coated in fool’s gold
In worst case, we’ll hold onto each other forever
You’re always just a drink away
Along with...

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Categories: martha, love
Form: I do not know?
The Bleeding
I flung my bloodied bathrobe onto a dusty mahogany bureau and roared: “Did we frighten
the scarecrows tonight, my love? Whose catch was it anyway? Yours...

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© John Heck  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: martha, on writing and words
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member - Summer Songs of All Time -
Do you have: "That Summer Feelin"
 - by Jonathan Richman (1984)
Finally: "School's Out for Summer"
- by Alice Cooper (1972)

Yes, : "Sun is Shining" 
- by...

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Categories: martha, blessing, song, summer,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Most Memorable Christmas Gift
It was many years ago that I sat there on the floor
With Aunt Allie and my cousins, we knew what was in store.
The clan was...

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© John Posey  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: martha, childhood, christmas, love, christmas,
Form: Rhyme

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