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Mackie Poems - Poems about Mackie


Premium Member doof-doof
...“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 ......

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Categories: mackie, humor, mom, paris, student,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 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......

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Categories: mackie, betrayal,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member 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......

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Categories: mackie, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 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. ......

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Categories: mackie, cat,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 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......

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



Premium Member 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......

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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 ......

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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......

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Categories: mackie, books, fire, holocaust, voice,
Form: Verse
Premium Member 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 ......

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

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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......

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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......

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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 ......

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

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