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...“22½ euros for a Martini,” Peter remarked, when he first scanned the menu.
“It’s not like we aren’t going to get them,” I said, “we’re not going to cheap our way to abstinence." The waiter came and ...

Categories: mackie, humor, mom, paris, student,
Form: Free verse

Mackie Avellen Is a Cad

...Sue's livid with Mackie Avellen
He's ditched her for her bestie Ellen
I pity poor Sue
Not sure what she'll do
As her pregnant belly's now swellen
 
Now Mackie is nasty cad
He’s den...

Categories: mackie, betrayal,
Form: Limerick

Peacock Barbie

...Peacock Barbie was all that and more
Her feathers obtained at a dyed feather store
Her gown was a Mackie, through and through to the core
Her headpiece was something “simply to die for”.

Peacoc...

Categories: mackie, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Darth Cay Der

...Darth Cay-der was a cat who understood Star Wars better than most.
She held R2D2 contests, and she was the most gracious 1970’s host. 
She wore the best costumes, designed by fabulous Bob Mackie.
...

Categories: mackie, cat,
Form: Rhyme

Two Glamorous Barbies

...Here they come, the glamor divas with fabulous clothes. 
Who will stay the latest is a tossup, none of us knows. 

Gemini is wearing a glitzy headdress sprinkled with rhinestones. 
Georgia is set...

Categories: mackie, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme

Long Jim's Lament

...'Tis disquieting thought that forever will be
a secret injustice to be buried with me.
This tale of a great golfer you never heard of,
his sad spirit speaks of his "lost win" from above.
Long Jim...

Categories: mackie, character, golf, old, power,
Form: Couplet

Bertolt Brecht Holocaust Poem: the Parting

...Der Abschied (“The Parting”)
by Bertolt Brecht
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

We embrace;
my fingers trace
rich cloth
while yours encounter only moth-
eaten fabric.
A ...

Categories: mackie, friendship, holocaust, leaving, war,
Form: Free verse

Bertolt Brecht Holocaust Poem: the Burning of the Books

...Die Bücherverbrennung ("The Burning of the Books")
by Bertolt Brecht
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

When the Regime
commanded the unlawful books to be burned,
teams of du...

Categories: mackie, books, fire, holocaust, voice,
Form: Verse

If I Could Be a Dock-Mackie Please

...If I can come back as a plant,
I come back as a dock-mackie
With my shiny maple-like leaves,
I will give people a smackie.
I will bring my super powers
And my purple and black berries,
Delight ...

Categories: mackie, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Light Verse

Rapidly Spinning Color Moods

...Azure hearts turn red when oxygen hits
Yellow mood today, submarine, Beatles, sunshine.
Gypsies, tramps and thieves.
Cher in my mind, song ends, rewinds, repeats.
Her Indian outfit by Bob Mackie,...

Categories: mackie, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse

A Little Fun Is Good

...When down San Fernando
 See my cousin on Coffee Street
 I said “hey what’s up cousin
 Been a long time we haven’t meet

“Man you change your number
 tell me How have you been?
 The last time I...

Categories: mackie, life,
Form: Light Verse

The Ice Cream Lesson

...Vigus and I were childhood buddies
who ventured to make some ice cream
It was to be our special creation
that would be a dish most supreme

We got some sand from the sand heap
and sifted it with a fi...

Categories: mackie, candy, children, chocolate, food,
Form: Quatrain

Animals Can Count

...PART ONE - DIAMOND AND HER KITTENS

She was a proud mother 
Of four little kitties, 
She told us thereafter
Of her maternal bliss.

Two days later, two died, 
She looked and was frantic-
She thought ...

Categories: mackie, animals, happiness, home, home,
Form: Rhyme