Governess Poems

Louise the Bird Caller Girl

...Louise was the bird caller girl
Started when she was two
An accidental meeting with a cardinal
Then a robin and two bluebirds
Pretty soon wrens and swallows were circling her stroller

What is ...

the immediate

...It’s monsoon season here in New Haven,
gone, are the banked, fluorescent colors of sunset.

This feeling hit me, like a rogue wave.
“We have to go out tonight,” I announced, to no one in particul...

The Devil's Grimoire

...Reality set in, I was with the 8th wonder; days are limited of happiness
I confronted something inside; backed to a corner; which was sadness
Have no room for it; but no control; when it co...

Rage Sex

...Did you see the way Debbie was winking at me last night.

That wasn’t winking, her eyes were rolling in disgust.

No, it was definitely come on eyes.

My God, you got arrested at the altar for ...

Passing Parades

...A governess, a guardian of the young, so known and dear as to be called “Mother” and a noblewoman, just barely 12 by age, named Portia, sit talking as the sun sets the stage for a cool, cloudless nig...

Ratiocination Reversal

...Is life itself merely a matter of perspective?
Does cogitation dwarf the poet's reflexive?
If only my words could spread across the paper.
Build a punter world faded from a barren tape...

Doing Swimmingly

...I a woman of sixty and seven have come to realize
There is more  here going on than is evident to the eyes

What is allowed by ego to filter through our defences
Is not the sum total registered b...

Drop the Ruse Continue Abuse

...Evidently beyond your control
they must be less
for you to be more

A drive beyond
Your governess
to belittle,discard,abhor

declaring self hero or victim
Simultaneously
Acting so mean

N...

The Chasers and Bradley

...I'm Mark Labbett, ' The Beast '.
I love a mighty feast.
I feed on fear
And then I cheer,
" With me, the show's complete! "

I'm  ' The Governess ' Anne Hegerty.
A.K.A. " Old Knickers a Frosty ...

Allie Leads the Fray

...Allie was her own person, so the rest of the galaxy leapt back.
They knew she could take care of herself with her platinum swords.
She was quicker and stronger and mightier, that the rest of the pa...

Jane Eyre

...Plain 
Child 
Headstrong
Great talent 
In art and music 
Has keen intelligence, vivid imagination 
Orphaned in childhood; forced to reside with her aunt Reed 
Who abused and spurned her. She e...

If I Would Have

...If I had been a governess, I would have been paid.
Maybe a pittance, maybe a penny, maybe in francs or yen. 
Who knows?

If I had been a race car driver, I would have been revered
By my pit crew...

Oscar-Ku 38 -The Sound of Music

...nigh nun Maria
von Trapp children's governess-
Third Reich threatens lives...

I Was Given An Invitation

...I was given an invitation to the birth of the fairy
Princess
Who was born in the meadow on a full moon
Who would be the one to steal my heart.
The Queen and King let me in to their wilderness.
I...

Jane Eyre Crown

...This is a Crown of Sonnets I wrote about one of my favorite books and movies (the version in 1943 with Liz Taylor, who was only 11 had a small role, Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles is the best - John ...

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