Aunt Ruthie used to sing and dance
a jolly way to find romance
she said one thing that you should know
“The legs are last to go”
“The legs are last to go”
She’d sing her praises right out loud
and wear her stockings high and proud
she still had much that she could show
The legs are last to go
The years roll by and beauty fades
and yet her gams, she still parades
she’s 83 and don’t cha know
her legs were last to go
Her legs were last to go
Categories:
ruthie, family, fun, humorous, life,
Form: Rhyme
Bibs on babies are funny because they look like Ginsberg lace.
If they are embellished, and they are dainty for Ruthie or Grace.
When plastic they might be tidy, but they might break out baby’s neck.
By the sixth child, they no longer wear bibs. You say what the heck.
Categories:
ruthie, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
A garden
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Ms Ruthie's Garden my neighbour ;
she had such pretty pearl white peonies;
red, yellow, oranges roses and begonias;
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had a pure immaculate lawn;
on purpose separately grown dandelions;
pick, cut the leaves washed boil them in a pot;
Ms Ruthie dandelions from her garden,
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...tasted as good or better than collard greens
6/10/20 ©2020
Garden Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Dear Heart
3rd placePlacement in the contest
Categories:
ruthie, analogy, appreciation, engagement, garden,
Form: Free verse
Housekeeping acrostic/therza rima
How Ruthie Stone had to abandon
One place that she only called home
Upon her Aunt Sylvie’s rebellion
So now she rides on her own
Every day she treats as a challenge
Kindling her attachment alone
Every hour since she has parted
Even through the years has passed
Proneness to stay lonely and quiet
In her own soul is attached
Now those dear reflective hours
Go with her while taking her time
While her old abandoned home sours
Categories:
ruthie, absence, family, travel,
Form: Terza Rima
With swimming suit season so near,
Ruthie wanted to lose her huge rear.
But she lost what was best -
luscious curves from her chest.
Then she needed a tiny brassiere!
Categories:
ruthie, funny,
Form: Limerick