One fine thing about Rhoda was her smile:
She had ways of taking it to a mile,
Its richness as unfading as ever;
So seraphic with her glass of Eva
One could not her link with widow,
Her smiles doing the good job of shadow…
Smiles with a skill of checking abrupt tears
And she trusted would not unveil new fears:
Really, Rhoda should be paying her smiles
A monthly sum for hundred marble tiles.
Who’d ever sense her man had hated her
And to him had meant needles of a fir?
Not too fat is Young Fair Rhoda
But she is fighting it with soda:
Rhoda not with the screaming width
Of Next - Door Neighbor Miss Judith
Now it's " Don't ever try Apple,
Let alone twice eat pineapple..."
Something that Seller Margaret
Had begun to nicely regret
And round pace like Cattle Egret
To Rhoda "No more Good Morning!"
Over someone else keep fawning...
"Dark Rhoda wants to be pageant
But no purse for bleaching Reagent"
Social issues elevate politics into the ring,
Whilst a loving family frees your interest thing,
But all people need the state and NHS,
Which step in to assist when life is less.
But everything deepends much upon legislation,
The law, its acts and clauses are foundation,
Its wordings either narrow you into a lark,
Or respect your essence and dignity in hark.
If you are the storyteller expected to win,
The ear of the great who accounts for your sin,
Your module is no problem to your friends,
Or to your colleague who her hand to you extends.
29/10/2015
Rhoda gave me a gift
She gave my spirit a lift
But at her hurt or dismay
This act came into play
Rhoda gave me membership
As she was leaving the ship
I do not know why she left
She said it was complicated I'm bereft
My gain and her loss
A gift at a great cost
i see you in lavender
bathed in my kisses
i look for my Mrs
and look to the sky
something then beacons me
i answer quite slowly
the girl in pajamas
is asking me why
hills never end
where does ocean begin
and pillows lay down
when we sigh
where is the truth
when we dream in our youth
and hope for the best
and besides
where in our sin does sin stop pretending
and offer the reason why
why is the truth of no longer good use
when love is the reason why
Rhoda not Rhonda
like the Rhoda from Mary Tyler Moore
but even more like Rhoda from "Rhoda"
any way Rhoda wrote a poem
i said Rhoda wrote a poem not Rhoda poem
"Who's Rhoda Rhoda Poem?"
NO! i said; Rhoda wrote a poem
"Rhoda Rhoda Poem. that's catchie"
never mind
As I said- L.I. was home to me up until about a year ago, when I made the
(oopps) mistake of moving upstate, near Poughkeepsie (Wappinger Falls, which
I call Foppinger Walls).... It is soooo boring!! No wonder I'm posting poetry 20
hours a day..... By the way, I'd never heard of Long Island Iced Tea till I went to
Arizona a few years ago. Talk about puttin' starch in your socks!! regards Tom
Long Island- my old home. Thanks for the words. tom bell
When YOU lasso the moon; Swing cross the Universe, Entered our Lives
With an Eternal Pen, cross the Autumnal Colors of the Evening SKY
YOU Proudly, Linguistically, POETICALLY: Write YOUR name in the Future
All of the Firmament : All from the Earthly Realm : Know YOU are a WOMAN
OUR Supplications of INSPIRATION :From YOU : YOU never ever Ignore
For YOUR Loyalty, YOUR LOVE of POETRY , YOUR Convictions of self
This is Who I am This is WHO I want to be All are WELCOMED
Remarkable wisdom
Honorable leader
Often explicit
Delightful to read
Always friendly