Long Marjorie Poems

The problem with trying to prove clairaudience, clairsentince, out-of-body, and Near Death Experiences to a Mudblood is not as simple
as it could have been.
Is it because Para-science is totally unsubstantiated?
Not in MY family.
Scientifically un-sound?
Sure, by...

Read More

				OLD MYSIE
	“As crazy as Old Mysie” my grandma used to say.

Land company made promises, too good to be true,
To fisherfolk from Isle of Skye, it seemed the thing to do.
Cleared up land and new built...

Read More

When I feel compassion
with my positive needs
for love
health
trust
safety,

When I feel compassion
for my fears
wounds
negative fortress wants
to overpower perceived threats
against my egocentric compromises
with ruthless capitalism,
soulless patriarchalism,
strategic genocide,
extractive ecocide,
smug and heartless anthrosupremacy,
aggressively diseased LeftBrain dominance
inside my ruminating self
as...

Read More

I'm not sure how it all began, 
When this soothsayer became heroic to some.
As he molded a story of greatness,
Against what our nation has now become.

Those that listened were mesmerized by his fable,
As he wove...

Read More

In Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 it lets us know under the sun there is a time for everything,
 a time to dance, a time to sing,
 a time to mourn, a time to cry,
 a time...

Read More

Mark Gregory Hill-a man among boys.he surveyed land for twenty years or more,could scale 
any tree,catch any fish,hunt any animal.now,only a month removed from losing a 
child,stands alone,hand in pocket,contemplating the life that took it...

Read More

Mark Gregory Hill-a man among boys.he surveyed land for twenty years or more,could scale 
any tree,catch any fish,hunt any animal.now,only a month removed from losing a 
child,stands alone,hand in pocket,contemplating the life that took it...

Read More

1959, Chariton, Iowa, sixty miles south of Des Moines
I was prancing around proudly showing off my snow people pin.
Husband and wife, glitzy with glitter, I was so excited.

I wore it to school on my coat....

Read More

Northern Ireland, it was a peaceful Saturday of August 15,
1998. There were many people shopping in the center of
Omagh, in Tyrone. Then, at 3:10 p.m., the car bomb
exploded close to the junction of Market Street...

Read More

The weekend is here again
And if I have my way
I'm going to spend my spare time
Watching films starring Doris Day

In nineteen forty nine
Ten years before I was born
Doris starred with Kirk Douglas and Lauren Bacall
In...

Read More

ONGOING ELEGY

The words you’re about to read are part of an ongoing elegy that began in 1999
after 12 students and one teacher were killed in the halls of Columbine.

We immediately looked to our leaders for...

Read More

Scapes and Tales
Hearts and Fences
Tales of Joe Louie McMar

Book 1 - Canadian Bacon

Of Belle and Beaux
When I See You I Miss You
Marjorie and Isabella
The Jester and DeLilah
Peaches and Cream
The Struggle
Laura Can You Hear Me
Laura
Laura Mean
Canadian...

Read More

We have some breaking news, straight from the U.S.A.,
her citizens had a meeting and here’s what they had to say.
We’ll send old Joe to the nursing home and turn off Trump’s remote,
and as for the...

Read More

In the Southwest of Scotland
Marin county Argyle-shire
Extends a narrow mass of land
Known only as Kintyre

A certain mull on which is known
What sea the eye adore
As glitter to a rolling mist
As waves align the shore

Not far...

Read More

SheGirl is tamping down her blanket, comfy cattitude.
Pat pat pat pat pat pat, I admire her stealthy attitude.
She has me firmly in my place now, glad I have my popcorn.
We watch The Horrible Bosses movie,...

Read More

It was 20 years ago…the year was 1999
and we thought the world would change….after Columbine

We hoped something would be done
after children were gunned down with their books
We thought the world would change…
and then came Sandy...

Read More

My goodness, I wonder, when I read of your deeds
Are you really a member of the U. S. Congress?
Reminds me of that unstable U. S. Senator named
Joseph McCarthy, who accused good people, made
Outlandish accusations and...

Read More

There is a place i go that is deep in my heart and soul
remembrance of my incredible childhood fills my mind.
Building sand castles on the beach and watching the Victorious Ocean
crash high above the rocks....

Read More

Marjorie laughs when others laugh 
not understanding the humor that is her 
Popular Marjorie
Entertainment for future prom-queens
Meat for bullies 
A lunchroom pastime 

Pimple-faced Marjorie 
Simple-minded Marjorie 
Let's put Marjorie on 
Its so fun
Pretend that you...

Read More

You can refer whatever I am
writing to whoever want to.

.once within reason
prices became out of site
money disappeared

only stupid people
will have many stupid thoughts
being stupid things

the vilest person
that has ever existed
became a moron

had been condemning
while constantly...

Read More

My aunt Moe was terrific at giving the best gift at Christmas time.
We all lined up toward her gift pile, knowing she had chosen sublime.
The other aunts and uncles got us stuff that never made...

Read More

The last best hope, the redneck pope the hicks
are counting on, won’t need his travel kit
when he’s on Ricker’s Island. Gavel it!
He orders bedroom windows made of bricks:
aspires to nothing higher than Stevie Nix.
The break-up...

Read More

4th of July
Carnival magic
On the town “square”

Parade for the kids
Crepe paper bike spokes
Goats dyed pink by my Aunt Marjorie

Small town America
Fresh corn on the cob
Oozing with butter

Red and white checked plastic tablecloths
Blowing off picnic tables.
Cold...

Read More

The snow is falling softly on the earth 
this is the wonderful morning we celebrate his birth.
Little children dragging there mommies and daddies out
of there nice warm beds. People on the streets singing the
christmas blues,...

Read More

I had an Aunt Marjorie who took special care.
She always made sure to give all of us something wonderful.
My name is spelled different than other Karens’ names.
My mother spelled my Caren with a C.
So I...

Read More