Margo Poems

A Strange Pair

...There was an old man from Fargo,
With a wife whose name was Margo.
They were quite the pair
Neither had much hair
They traveled the world with no cargo!
...

Evolution of Baby Names

...in 1923 girl babies were named Nancy, Susan and Ann
boy babies were christened John, Michael, and Joe
then the flappers came along and changed everything
Now girls could be Lois, Louise, and Edna
...

Lewd Louie

...Lewd Louie came from Windy City
he went straight for the nitty gritty
	got fresh with Margo
	who told her man Beau
who kicked his a** with rhythmicity...

If I Were a Mermaid

...If I were a Mermaid

If I were a Mermaid my name would be Margo and I’d live in the deepest blue sea 
 I’d swim with the dolphins, make friends with the sharks and hope that they wouldn’t eat me
...

Getting Juried Out

...We three teachers were taking a painting class.
Mr.G, the teacher was new, fresh, nervous.
Asked us if we would please let him put our paintings into an art show.
Kitchia was reluctant, but Margo ...

Youth's Sweet Friendship Fragments

..."Fragments and crumbs of life, all the little pieces"

                    John Ruskin, 1853


I think of youth’s sweet friendships when I was learning how to form bonds with people outside ...

The Art of Loving Books

...I love books and fantasy stories,
Majestic tales of fictional worlds and glory,
I live and travel from page to page, 
I shift from old to young, no longer feeling my age,
Listening to enchanting ...

Back To Her Youth By Margo Channing

...She is aware of distance,
a distance that replaces smooth with wrinkle,
that adds weight to where it once fell away,
a distance as controllable as a storm, as time itself.

It feels likes a rope...

Hide the Details

...

Everybody got a Hollywood life story
to tell
More meat on the bone
give juicier bites 
to sell
Nobody ever turns in a tarnished silver screenplay
Those warts and mistakes
get Photos...

The Day I Showed My Red

...Unlike the others in my family,
I rarely let emotions take control.
A temper tantrum they'd not see from me.
The "cool" one I was called. It's still my role.

I rarely get choked up by anything....

Trump Our Great Compassionate Leader

...Quote the Donald Trump 
Our Great compassionate Leader
Our Dear Leader, our Great Leader 
“Its disgusting to watch”

As an elderly man falls down
In front of him hitting his head
And bleeding ...

Hurricanes From Hell

...As I watch the endless coverage of the storms from hell
Harvey, Irma, Jose and so many others
It seems almost end of the world like

As I sit on the smoky west coast
With fires burning everywher...

Antiqugate: the Great Abyss Cover Up

...Lay atop our great abyss an ancient tapestry,
an ornate picnic rug, upon which many will sit,
exhorting the tales of its tattered threads.
Tall tales of scholars of sort,
that made deities of for...

Tragedy Is This Child Likely Exists

...In my bed I lay
Here I want to stay
Let my mind wander astray
In to an ordinary day.
 
My father persists
‘Up now, you will be late for school’
He greets me with another
Breakfast to go.
Pop...

This Place You Call Earth

...Can I be me today,
And forever after,
Without the judgement
Of the consensus or the cognoscenti?

Can I eat when I am hungry,
And perhaps when I am not,
Without the suffering 
Of the starving...

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