Irish tales of what a leprechaun gives away
If you don’t wear green on St Paddy’s Day
a painful pinch
Like Suisse’s Grinch,
a green tie or vest so invisible you’ll stay
by I Am Anaya
On St. Paddy's day I grabbed a lassie fair
kissed her lips and pinched her derriere
I so love this tradition
I'm a gent on a mission
Shall I go on I asked, she screamed don't you dare!
by Robert O'Gorelick
My lil green party dress for Paddy’s day is too tight
and I don’t want to get pinched by elves tonight
I let out the seams
And removed all that blings
Clear of Leprechaun’s with a big whiskey appetite
by I Am Anaya
Out on the razzle for Saint Patrick’s night
All dressed up in green, one has to look right
I’ll do my high kicks
As I can’t resist
Being a dare devil, and giving fright
by Beryl Edmunds
Categories:
edmunds, celebration,
Form: Limerick
Hell Cat Queen
Oh, Mayling Lou dearest, my heart’s elation
On Halloween you’ll be a possessed abomination
Neither purr nor mew
pussyfooting Boo!
You are tonight’s sweet spooky sensation!
‘Tis you I love kitty, dark Mayling Lou
Your surreptitious sly purrs make a goddess of you
But come Halloween
You’re my hell cat queen
Your love and friendship I both cherish and rue
by Robert Gorelick
I love you too, but tonight is the night
I sit on a broomstick, holding on tight
Flying behind a witch
To satisfy an itch
Don’t wait up, hell cat’s gonna be alright
by Beryl Edmunds
Categories:
edmunds, best friend, cat, fantasy,
Form: Limerick
Rusty Finds A Home!
Rust-hued kitty’s shunned by day, ignored through the night
Unloved and discarded in a world numb to his plight
As he meows by a door
Rusty meets family Tor
Who give him a home, protection and love glowing bright
—Robert Gorelick
Who could resist a kitty like Rusty
Who is lonely, scared and very dusty
Needing a safe home
Of his very own
And someone to adore him who’s trusty
—Beryl Edmunds
Categories:
edmunds, animal, cat, cute love,
Form: Limerick
Lilly And Billy
Street cat Billy's spongy scraggly and cool
So, so edgy-sik, he's a grunge-dusky jewel
House cat Lily purrs he's so fine
Billy scoffs just get in line
But he knows deep down he'll gladly play the fool
—Robert Gorelick
Fools rush in when Lily the feline purrs
The alluring cat with enticing curves
Yet it’s only Billy
Who sends Lily silly
The one for whom Lily's little heart swerves
—Beryl Edmunds
Categories:
edmunds, cat, cute, humor,
Form: Limerick
Christian quote: He who mistreats the most unfortunate among us, mistreats me—Jesus
Cruelty On Parade
He enjoys mocking the severely ill and lame
Cruelty unbridled that's his game
The Good Book he'll tout
"Don't dare call me a lout"
How dare he campaign in the glow of His name
—Robert Gorelick
The fool should hang his head in shame
For mocking those who’re ill or lame
He’ll get just reward
When facing the Lord
It’s simply just a waiting game
—Beryl Edmunds
Categories:
edmunds, america, anger, angst, anxiety,
Form: Limerick
My love has fled his earthly body
he slipped away in the night
and of course it's him I long to talk to
to make everything seem right
We only had five months of reconnecting
but it changed our worlds outright
I know its the happiest I have been in my life
and he told me it was the same for him
He fueled me and counciled me
sexed me up and tousled me
made me feel special and he my prince
And I was his princess, his sweet
and with him I was complete
so there is a huge hole in me as I look within
I had no map forward in life that did not include him
the mere concept simply eluded
and the thought of a trail or a path confuses now because its so bleak
Because I can tell you, that man was my everything
and i can't say it any more plain
and I know I was his everything
I love you Alan Grant Edmunds Harris. I think we will be together again.
- Susan Manley (C) Artimus 11-17-23 11:53AM
Categories:
edmunds, death, heartbreak, loss, love,
Form: Rhyme
We all have our lives to do
remind ourselves a purpose given
show no selfish mind of thought
fully directed and purpose driven
It's so easy to forget others
selfishness runs through our veins
for self rises far too often
causing so many inward pains
True humanity, can it be found?
since creation man's constant fail
prone to think only of oneself
whether that be male or female
Instructions come to find you
given you the opportunity to know
so that your words will penetrate
to whoever, whether friend or foe
A reward is on the way
which for you is tomorrow
someone gave you their today
bringing it all on with no sorrow
("When you go home, tell them of us and say.
for your tomorrow we gave our today"
- John Maxwell Edmunds
(21 January 1875 – 18 March 1958) was an English classicist, poet, and dramatist and the author of several celebrated martial epitaphs.)
Categories:
edmunds, giving, today, wisdom, words,
Form: Rhyme
TWO ENGLANDS
Sinewy towns and men with tight muscles
And cloth cap against grey rainy skies
Houses, trees, open spaces blackened
And crowded urgently together
For maximum profit in
Unheard of, unsung places
Salford mills, Gateshead pits, Rotherham foundries
Pouring money into men from Bury St. Edmunds
With wives wearing velvet gloves
To flint churches on Sundays
And taking tea at cricket matches.
Categories:
edmunds, history,
Form: Free verse