Best Sue Poems
POTW 1 Oct 2018
Gossip about her
swept the school yard through
“Hey if you’ve got what it takes
There’s this girl named Sue
For a pack of smokes
or a drink or two
She’ll kiss you ~ she’ll please you
like no other girl can do”
Her fuchsia glossed lips
Matched the colour of her hair
Her legs went on forever
She had a self-assured flair
He yearned for those baby blues
to stray his way
How did the cool guys snare girls
come what may?
Dreams on his pillow
a teenage fantasy
Were seconds away from becoming
a manly reality
She promised to meet him
in the park one night
Two packs of Marlboro’s
Under the pale moonlight
A brief kiss on the lips
then as she swiftly turned to go
He yanked her back hard
and as she fell to the floor
A fantasy was shattered
Hopes tossed away ~ abused
Feelings of rejection
Cast aside and confused
He lived in an era
Where double standards
were applauded
Girls were shamed
For going all the way
Boys rewarded
However integrity
doesn’t stoop to lows
no need to impress
Head high as he walked
it was not worth the stress
The journey was his ~ along this untrodden road
Tomorrow ~ todays rejection would be yesterday’s episode
Every step away from her was a gentle elixir
Then came her words on the wind ~ barely a whisper
‘Hey ~ I’m a virgin too ~ and a skank I’m not
They sully my name and my character they blot
The smokes are for my mum it eases her pain
And for my sick Ma I’ll do this again and again’
Continued in 'Tears on her pillow'...
Sue lies in her bed
boy she’s feeling HOT HOT HOT
dratted menopause!
04~08~17
Sue and I had lost contact when we left school and the Dominican Convent,
Met up ten years later, admitted both of us foolish, each nodded consent,
Had coffee, agreed to meet often, lived in Cape Town, merely a suburb apart,
Both happy with our villas, loved our homes, the Cape so stylish and smart.
She invited me to her home for a braai with her family this coming Sunday,
The door was open, I went in, is that you Jenn, I’ve got to look good today,
Mother-in-law coming, do come up, but what took you so long coming upstairs,
I met an old man, we chatted a while, what a sweetie, said his name was Zairs
Who, she asked me in disbelief, Zairs, impossible, loved to play musical chairs, He told me, is it your dad, Sue,you look alike, spoke of you and how he cares,
But you’ve gone pale as if you’ve seen a ghost, why are you so terribly upset,
Jenn, dad died years ago, seems he got lost, confused, but glad you two met.
Contest entry:One in Five 2 Poetry Contest
A Ghost story
Sponsor: Joseph May
Dated; 26th July 2022
She longed to be a baker
Though neither thumb was white
Couldn’t rise to the occasion
And the contest is tonight
“Listen Cupcake, don’t you fret”
Your name is not Sue Flay
Just do your best and let
The chocolate chips~ fall where they may
You just might win this contest
And be rolling in the dough
It’s when you yeast expect it,
Those creative juices flow
Kneading inspiration,
I whispered in her ear
“You just can't roll over”
And give up out of fear
You’re shortening your lifespan
With silly complications
You should learn to trust yourself,
Start raisin expectations
Willie Winkie got wed to Sue Lee.
Consummation though just could not be.
The more that they tried,
the more Sue Lee cried.
Winkle’s willy was just much too wee.
Ugly Sue or Smelly Sue as the kids used to call her,
Lived in a cardboard box under the bridge at Fairfield.
Some said she was 100 years old and she had Leprosy.
When I was a kid the others used to dare each other.
You had to run up to Ugly Sue and pull her hair.
Any kid who wanted to make a name for himself would
run up to her and kiss her on the lips.
I remember watching how they treated Ugly Sue,
At the time I just wondered what she was really like.
As a teenager I started to see things differently.
I was in town to see a movie and I had to walk passed
Ugly Sueon the way.
She called out to me asking for money. I gave her
a few dollars and I don’t know why but I decided
to sit down next to her and talk.
“So Miss Suecan I talk to you ?” I said shyly.
She didn’t answer at first . She just light a cigarette
and smiled.
“ You gunna pull my hair. You little rascal?”
“No never.” I answered quickly.
She laughed and spoke again.
“You know kid. I’ve seen you before. Ya see I used
to be a School Teacher oh a while back.
I saw you when you was in Primary School.
Then later I noticed You were different.
You never teased me like them other kids did.
I got the ‘Frenia’. I lost my house and my husband left me.
Still the Sun shines on me like it always did.
That shiny old moon don’t tease me none. No sir.
We’ve had some long conversations over the years.
You know what I learned.
I learned that you got to be like a butterfly.
You got to keep movin’ an see beautiful flowers everywhere.
Don’t waste your time with teasing cause it ain’t good.
Just treat people with kindness and kindness will come back to you.”
She went back into her cardboard box and rested.
I didn’t go to the movies that day but
I think I learned something worthwhile for the first time in my life.
Limerick : Once a Tennis Woman named Sue Baule
Once a Tennis Woman named Sue Baule
Tried to avoid being called : « Screw Ball ! »
So she got her haïr cut
In the shape of a snout
Since at French Open gets dubbed : « Screwed Doll ! »
© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013
A shy, young spinster, named Sue,
felt sad, cause her lovers were few!
So, she walked out the door,
wearing a fig-leaf - no more!
Now, she's in bed ... with the flu!
I once had a girlfriend
Her name was gormless Sue
They mustuck her for a Gorilla
and put her in a Zoo.
They fed her bananas
through the bars of her cage
and soon caught the eye
of a young male called Dave.
Dave chased her around
the cage every day and all through the night
and it wasn't a pretty site.
Sue begged me to save her and let her out
So y picked the lock
and she ran out screaming
and ran and never stopped.
Then the zoo keeper
mistook me for a bear
No one let me out and I'm still there.
Ah Well what can you do
Suppose I;ll just have ro grin and'' bear'' it
Peter Dome.copyright.2014.march
Silly sister Sally Sue
Said she saw a smiley seal
Said it stole her sugary sap
Said I to she sarcastically
Certainly; sure a seal stole your sugary sap
Silly sister Sally Sue
Said she to me sardonically
It did it did
Didn't it Dean?
Diggy Dean of the Deep Deadlands
Did disagree with me too
Greatly grinning to Sally Sue
Stomping, shouting, sputtering spray
I sold my sister to Simeon Sack on street sixty-seven
Who needed a nasty nonexistent no named nafty nutter
To serve him soup, soda and shrimp
No such thing as a smiley seal
Stealing Sally Sue's sugary sap
Until Truthful Trina Tuggletooth told Tommy Teek it t'was
Bows in the pigtails, bows on the dress
swinging her arms, loving all the sass
bouncing and beautiful, rounding and rue
we flow into the coming days, of kissing Sue.
Sue is immortal, holding her babes,
loving her man, cooking her meals,
wanting for the beyond, entering her days
slowing and slowing until she sits more than swings.
And there you find her bowed back all alone,
waiting for a call, wanting everyone back home,
kisses so remote, we wonder how they disappear
until we find warmth with the one who calls us home.
there once was a gal named Sue
her boyfriend loved wearing suede shoes
they had a big fight one day
and needless to say
Sue threw his suede shoes away
they made up thereafter
that was a disaster
he tried to get violent with Sue
that was a mistake
his arm she did break
and now the poor guy's black and blue
Sara Lisa Sue
The evening spent with children
Living fairytale
There once was a kitten named Sue.
She found one mitten, or two.
She chewed all day long.
'Till all of it was gone.
Now she has nothing to do.
For competitive champion, Sue,
there was nothing that she wouldn’t do
to win a big race.
To better her pace,
she would practice with a kangaroo!
She got a huge cat, and much thinner
she got as she trained to be winner.
But that sly horrid beast
turned her into a feast
too lean for a good cheetah dinner!
Sept. 8, 2018
for charles messina's Any Animal Or Creature Limerick Poetry Contest