Long Scow Poems

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The Old Lady Next Door

She was a tough old lady with a permanently etched scow 
Yep, with old misses Sadie you did not want to run a foul
Sitting out in her chair watching everyone who went by
Just the way she would stare with that one crooked eye

She never seemed to smile or even say a word  
And lived next door for a while from what I have heard
There she was nearly every day watching every move we made
The one thing that I would say is that she made me very afraid 

In playing with my ball it went bouncing over her fence
Banging against her wall my fear suddenly became immense
She stood up quickly in looking down right at my ball
Then she looked at me and I was only three feet tall

Then she gestured my way saying here it is right over here
She said it's okay you can come and get your ball my dear
So I opened up the gate as she pointed where it went
I never forget that date and what "I'm sorry" had meant

For in each day after she would always say hi
Even sharing some laughter or at least I would try
But had I known or even had a little clue
To what one is prone you should try something new





Vincent Flannery   11-29-13
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member A Wife Can Elevate Life

A Wife Can Elevate Life
Get In with a Bad Crowd,
A Wife May Talk Sense Into You,
Or Push Your Ego To Be Loud,
On Ben Pelet's Wife To The Rescue,
Korach Listened As His Mate Howled,
Result, Earth's Gaping Mouth Did Swallow,
Korach, And On, Meaning Mourn, Was Hallowed,
Feeding Ego, Machlokes, Is Mere Empty, Hollow,
Listening, On Became Healthy, Not Sallowed,
Saved By His Woman Who Turned Barren To Fallow,
Bad Men Called on On, He Could Have Followed...
In Stormy Seas, Ships Survive By The Mermaid on the Prow,
Guiding Us Hapless Sailors, Wives Are Calm Endowed,
When Left to Our Own, Men Surely Capsize The Scow!
Form: Rhyme

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