Long Mccall Poems

if you have taken the time to browse through this eclectic collection of self-indulgent foolishness, I hope you’ve been entertained by the quirkiness of its content, or at the very least, annoyed by the pervasiveness...

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Mine courtship and marriage with deadly obsession...

As September daze will soon arrive
recollections from a 
psychologically checkered  past
loom large recalling  
tragic storied days of mein kampf.

Circa early nineteen seventies:
As a mere slip of a...

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Mine courtship with deadly obsession(s)
still indelibly scored within 
windmills of my mind
this July 22nd, 2020.

Imagine yours truly post pubescence
(no matter ye never met me)
all that life in front of me
argh... precious time squandered
abustle with rattle...

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My sweetest princess, I would never lie to you (except for when it keeps me out of trouble).

"As for my financial state, I am far wealthier than my magazine publishing family "McCalls". (no relation)

Princess:
"Dear, Can...

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Sew Sorry

A shaft or gear is stuck or broke
The needle won’t make one more stroke
I cannot sew because of them
I can’t repair my pant leg’s hem
I cannot make a blouse or skirt
I cannot sew –...

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A funny thing happened on the way to the john.   
I felt something magical coming on.			
I’m afraid there’s no denyin’				
I accidentally let one loose.				
Don‘t blame the quiche, Lorraine!			

I have a special secret to...

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He always wore that rodeo buckle made of silver and gold,
Every day of his life from when he was young till he grew old.
It said he was bucking horse champion of nineteen fifty-three,
And he told...

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Way back, September, sixty-three
                               ...

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Greetings from Canada dear readers !  Let me cajole you with a wee bit of fun
and ardent banter.  Well, obviously I am Canadian and we are very polite and
charming people, we are sorry...

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I met someone I know quite well, he gets about in cars, does buy and sell.
He spoke to me upon a theme, we were stirring coffee; I had just added my cream.
When (Fiat) money, he...

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She blushed as the rose, taken from her ebony hair,
moved gracefully, slowly, sensually sliding,
brushing her eyelids, cheeks, and ruby lips,

tickled her neck, teased her décolletage, further
pinching her countenance with ruddy heat.

He spoke in whispers as...

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Cecil the Magician knew a heap of tricks,
But, alas, couldn't get himself out of this fix!

Carl was laid to rest for his eternal snooze,
Brought about by guzzling too much booze!

Pete was a rock-hard liberal Democrat.
Lord,...

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"Why do you love me, Dear?" she cooed.
    "You're cuddly, cute, and sweet," he said.
    "Your mama's cat is too," she cried
    and made some distance...

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Lyrics:

Wild Bill Hickock was his name,
From Kansas he did come,
To the Black Hills of Dakota Land,
While the gold rush was on.

Chorus:

He already had a name as Marshall,
And one for marksman as well,
He only wanted to...

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Moshe, Larry, Curly,
Howls, cries, nyuks;
Three silly comic stars:
Smile, clown -- Cluck!

Chico, Harpo, Benny, Berle,
Moron grins, happy chins;
Crazy nutty comic kooks:
Funny jokes -- egads zooks!  

Alvin Ailey, dance gaily,
False teeth: Brush daily; 
Silly Sally, Dilly-dally,
Ollie,...

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His gift of eloquent banter and jest
got him blessed with a seat wearing a crest
of many colours on his pompous vest,
swelling his breast; our terror of unrest.

He's the rage of everyone's attention
pictorial song and dance...

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Adora sixty, happy brave alive
                              ...

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Good morning my sunshine of heart
How glorious you look this morning
Bright and shining nothing can compare
You give me joy my heart is light

Your warm touch gives me that feeling
That always makes things better
You banish all...

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Where Hanging Weeping Willows Grow

Clear stream where weeping willow's grow. 
Beyond small valleys and low hills.
She puts on a cool - summer's show 
Before winter's first cold chills.

Beneath beaming moon, on she flows 
It's falling...

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Writing poetry can be therapeutic 
It's fun
It's caring 
It's inspirational 
It's emotional
And when one writes from the heart
It spills effortlessly onto the page 
Hoping to inspire and steal the hearts of poetry lovers

Because when poetry...

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Lady In Rain
 
                               ...

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TIS ADDAMS THING
(Gomez introduces Morticia)

Lurch hears rings.
heavy hands
smirk.

woman meets Thing.

Thing slaps fives
— under, overs.

Thing snaps,
waves.

outdo Thing?
trick Thing?
...gutsy!

Thing
lives
boxed.

fluke —
Gomez loves lady’s words.

“jolie femme”
Thing claps!

spicy wench 
first sight — amour


3/5/2018
A Little Laughter Five Contest/Edward McCall

American comedy T.V....

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Poem’s Notes:

(Bride didn’t clear grade three exams.
Tests shant deter life’s plans!
Groom talks silly taboo.
Never cared, likes wife’s screw!)



Groom wears loose jeans.
Shaft fills tight seams.
Bride looks under table.
Likes sight; tells fable:

“Once there lived Bunny.
Shhhh…quiet Honey.”
Bride began...

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This facile teasing, 
is so fluent and pleasing-
Along the shore of infatuation, 
bringing to me a longing sensation. 

You banter with such ease,
may all my sorrow slowly cease-
Singing tunes of meaningful nights, 
and bringing to...

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He starred in 'Move Over Darling', 'Grand Prix' and other flicks.
He was James Garner and sadly, he died at the age of eighty-six.
He starred as Wyatt Earp in 'Hour Of The Gun'.
Six years later he...

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