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Oblong Faces

...She asked her daughter to explain fully
How she became the target of a female bully

“The bully said I have an odd, long face
The kids cried, ‘Disgrace, disgrace, disgrace!’”

“Oh Mom, please, ...

Categories: meryl streep, anxiety, bullying, encouraging, mother
Form: Couplet

Afghan girls, cats and squirrels

...Meryl Streep laments that a squirrel
More rights flaunts, cats more freedom unfurl,
Bulbuls sing with broad choice,
But where’s Afghan girl’s voice?
If women in Kabul
Quelled are under male rule...

Categories: meryl streep, freedom, women, world,
Form: Limerick

Lola

...I take out the old-fashioned dress in my mother’s closet.
It’s a rose-colored fabric that you liked from your 50’s pageant.
And its floral scent underneath reminded me about you for a reason.
I go...

Categories: meryl streep, memory,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

The Presidential Medal of Freedom

...Previous winners were Elie Wiesel,
Mother Teresa, Bob Hope,
Norman Rockwell, Rosa Parks,
Walt Disney and a Pope*…

B.B.King and Yo Yo Ma,
Dylan and Pearl Bailey,
Frank Sinatra, E.B. White,
To...

Categories: meryl streep, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme

Politics and Poetry - Is Hate Really the Answer

...Politics and Poetry – is hate really the answer

Why write a poem of hate about Trump
He’s been there just over a week
Though Hilary Clinton the people did dump
It still matters not what they se...

Categories: meryl streep, angst, political,
Form: Rhyme

Tribillary

...I looked in the window and what did I see? Huma was scissoring with Hillary. 

My, oh my, what some hairy thighs. These beasts were coming right before my eyes.

There titties were a handful and ...

Categories: meryl streep, corruption, crazy, funny love,
Form: Free verse

Meryl Streep Criticised Donald Trump

...As you are aware I get what I call my inspiration, if that’s the word, for my poems from news items and a comment by Meryl Streep at the recent awards ceremony for actors/actresses /films etc. in Ame...

Categories: meryl streep, happiness, joy, peace, words,
Form: I do not know?

Bling

...Bling

I predict that bling will stick,
It has so many variations,
It will be overdone, but still it’s fun
To use easy for many connotations.

Marilyn Monroe was bling herself,
Maybe through ...

Categories: meryl streep, art, fun,
Form: Quatrain

Summer Clouds

...**  I went outside and watched the summer sky....

Cotton in the clouds –
   If I cling on these softness,   
Will the wind find you?    

Slabs in the clouds –
   If I hop from cloud to cloud...

Categories: meryl streep, emotions, fun, how i
Form: Senryu

Can You Speak -Woman-

...CAN  YOU  SPEAK  WOMAN?

I can speak French and sometimes Chinese
I can also speak cat with some ease
When he  miaows at me as he goes
I mimic his call and he  knows
When the dog barks I reply
Even t...

Categories: meryl streep, funny, me, dog, dog,
Form: Couplet

Fish Tail

...A fat bluefin tuna down deep
Was fished out one night when asleep
He was looking quite pale
Had escaped a big whale
To be Sushi for one Meryl Streep






for Carolyn Devonshire's Limerick...

Categories: meryl streep, natural disasters
Form: Limerick