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Pickering Poems

Ajax and Pickering, God bless'

...Above mentioned places, how I feel so for you with an m p
mark holland, who dragged you all through, the agony of con-vid oh
What a 'to-do' I beleive hes proud of locking your elders? Away  And pro...

Categories: pickering, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme

Todays Nonsense

...The pickering of pickle pie
Of pickle as pickled could be
My liver to be exact
Pickled to disbelief 
Of proportionately exorbitantly larger than it could be
But what is it
To be exactly like me...

Categories: pickering, feelings, giggle, humor,
Form: Free verse

The Streets of Olde Salem

...My footsteps echoed the echoes of Time
as through the streets of Salem I walked.
The hour was early and the city still asleep
with only a cat sitting quietly on a cold granite sill,
the sky slowl...

Categories: pickering, halloween, history, october, seasons,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Nonsense

...The pickering of pickle pie
Of pickle as pickled could be
My liver to be exact
Pickled to disbelief 
Of proportionately exorbitantly larger than it could be
But what is it
To be exactly...

Categories: pickering, adventure, crazy, fun, humor,
Form: Free verse

A Nuclear Scare

...Woke up today to a nuclear plant alert
At a Pickering site, an emergency quite overt
Until the “all clear”
Terror was quite near
First time for such a scare so blurred...

Categories: pickering, scary,
Form: Limerick

Ada Mcdonald 1873-1906

...Ada McDonald

1873-1906

This is a mistake!

A huge contretemps indeed!

A foul up of the most egregious kind!

You see, it wasn’t my time yet,

This death thing; I had things to do still...

Categories: pickering, death,
Form: Epitaph

Emma Riesgo 1897-1919

...Emma Riesgo

1897-1919

Alas, I was just a simple soul.

Born second in the corner house,

Over on old Washington Street,

Just a short stroll,

From the college there,

My mother labor...

Categories: pickering, death,
Form: Epitaph

Esther Shugg 1833-1908

...Esther Shugg

1833 – 1908

A woman’s heart forever resides
In the glowing hearth of her humble home.
Come Earth dwellers. Come Earth survivors.
I invite you to my warm and cozy house.
There, ...

Categories: pickering, death,
Form: Epitaph

George Towne 1847 - 1899

...George W. Towne

1847 – 1899

From Iowa I came by restless wagon train.
From the mid-west I arrived 
With satchel and silken scalp still intact.
I read Proverbs and Ecclesiastes to pass the ti...

Categories: pickering, death,
Form: Epitaph

Lula Pickering - 1887-1906

...Lula Pickering

1887 – 1906


Have you seen my bluebirds today?
Have you fed them a few crumbs of stale rye bread?
I must have taken a hundred walks as a young girl
In search of my freewheeling frien...

Categories: pickering, suicide, me,
Form: Epitaph

Remembering World War 1

...William Thomas Pickering, 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers, G/3371 born 1881 died 1916 
Commemorated by name on the Thiepval Memorial, France.



Remembrance day ..
A field of bright red poppies d...

Categories: pickering, angst, history, loss, peace,
Form: Free verse