Long Madge Poems

Mr Bell, it’s Julie from the council, you appear to be inundating our help desk with phone calls, are you alright?
No, Julie, I am not alright. I have seven bins in my garden, and for...

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Minuette had the complexion of a porcelain doll with a touch of cherubim thrown in for good measure. Her desire, her passion in life was to discover and taste new salty rocks and stones. Nothing...

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Grandpa’s a gem in the garden,
tending his sprouts and his peas,
tomatoes and onions and cabbage,
his ‘caulies’ and his broccoli’s.

I have seen plenty of gardens,
chocked full of bountiful greens,
but none the standard of grandpa’s,
with his chili’s...

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THE PARK BENCH AT CHRISTMAS

she shed first her hat, gloves and scarf.
later her glamorous coat, leggings and shoes.
she snatched off her dress to catch the eye,
then brassiere and panties but no man partook.

she plucked her...

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A Country Worker

Watching grass grow, seeing paint dry, doing the dishes
Are mysterious consuming matters since Madge moved on
Grass grows a little slower, decays
Paint peels and flakes through age
Dishes get dirty and pile high, break
This all...

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Jason grab the fleece
Set it squarely under there
While Murray tightens the girth
Madge how many tries does it take to put on a bridle?
I don’t care if the nose armor’s low
So long as it’s straight
Where is...

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Planned-Demic

No work, no play, even dogs don’t stray
And you can forget your paltry pay
Off to the supermarket by half past five
An early start might keep you alive
Buying things, you never bought before, 
Hang on Madge,...

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We held the hills together 
Like a little nub of pencil 
Then we fell apart 
To write our disparate lives with each broken heart
I read your story in shady nights 
Under bare breasted street lights...

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There once was a gal from motor city
who drove a Prius to give her celebrity.
Her guy drove a Ford
and cursed her “Oh, Lord!”
Their divorce was a forgone necessity!

Their children, a boy and a girl, 
took...

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Madge chopped her hair good and short.
Some thought she was her brother, Mort.
Twas true Mort made fifty percent more pay.
So she posed as a man that very day.

No one bugged her for dates any more.
Saved...

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An interesting neighborhood study group
Full of old men and women who often snoop
One had left to take a dainty poop
Leaving the rest of us twisting into a loop

Toilet paper! She yelled with a whoop.
In a...

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