Best Millie Poems

Millie millipede needed some new shoes
for her summer holiday fun Disney cruise
Her old shoes were tight making Millie hop
so she went with mommy to the shoe shop

Millie hobbled through the door and began to wail
the poor shop assistant’s face turned quite pale
because Millie millipede had...

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It is difficult to write about one's family,
            especially at times of tears and sympathy.

          Ever crossing her lips like a long country mile,
 ...

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Auntie Millie


Here lies our dear, sweet Auntie Millie

Well-known to do things willy-nilly

Prepared a noon meal she thought dilly 
 
And choked on red-hot-pepper chili


Sandra M. Haight

~7th Place~
Premiere Contest: A Funny Epitaph
Sponsor: Jesse Rowe
Judged: 09/18/2018
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Millie, Philly and Suse one night
Sailing on a little row boat
Lightly went on the waters of moon bright
With a small baby goat

"Where are you heading and what do you dream?"
The small goat asked them in a soft gentle voice
"We are dreaming of having a house...

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Millie lived up in DC
And flashed her bosom at me.
I said, “That’s a first,
For DC’s the worst
At having transparency.”...

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Limerick inspired by L. Milton’s Limerick “Catching His Eye”

Catching His Eye

 A smartly dressed lassie from Philly
Was quite adept at being frilly
She was ever so prim
When hanging around him
Something was special about Billy.

Written by: L. Milton
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Millie loves Billy

Young Millie fancies a guy named Billy 
When...

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Millie and Billy were only five years old
but didn't always do what they were told.
Mom and Dad took them to visit the zoo
Millie wore a pink hat, and Billie's was blue

Mom said, "Children, we must stay together,
and wear a raincoat in case of rainy weather."
Millie...

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Millie, the mermaid was a reading machine.
It started with a shipwreck, among the marine.
A library for a king had gone down in the wreck.
I can teach myself to read, she said without genuflect.

She started with picture books, one word on a page
Those old Dick, Jane...

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