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I Wonder What Happened to Luella

...Luella’s mother was murdered.
We were in third grade, Luella and I.
Not best friends, but we had played together.
Red rover red rover, hopscotch and jump rope.

Luella’s mother was murdered in O...

Categories: luella, friend,
Form: Free verse

Marty Crashes Luellas Party

...six little girls made it to Luella’s faerie tea party
the food was dainty, crispy, sugary, nothing hearty
they ate their cookies and laughed about her brother Marty
who was making silly faces, a n...

Categories: luella, 4th grade, 5th grade,
Form: Monorhyme

Alternative Facts

...Alternative facts make sense to Luella
Embellishing and alternating truth is her forte’
Her career of choice was readily determined
Politics jumped to the forefront
It might possibly be her only ...

Categories: luella, political,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Elton Porter 1907-1924

...Elton Porter

1907-1924

(An Ode to Luella and John)

My best friend John Molina, and I

Spent many a carefree afternoon on bareback,

Astride the furious gallups

Of our sure-footed stee...

Categories: luella, death,
Form: Epitaph

John Molina 1905-1923

...John Molina

1905-1923

Luella Poland – That name!

That face! Those eyes!

Those long lovely locks of chestnut brown!

Those smiling puckered lips in the dizzy afternoon!

Luella! I love...

Categories: luella, death,
Form: Epitaph

Luella May Poland 1907-1922

...Luella May Poland

1907-1922

The ocean sings my sad refrain.

Sings as the lapsing afternoon 

Turns to twinkling twililight.

It sings the polyphonic notes and harmonies

Of a life at o...

Categories: luella, death,
Form: Epitaph

Luella Bufkin 1872- 1891

...Luella Bufkin

1872 – 1891


Do you remember me?
Does anyone remember the Bufkin girl of Comstock Street?
I was the girl who read her Bible every Sunday
In the forgiving shade of my father’s ...

Categories: luella, death, emotions,
Form: Epitaph