Short Bessie Poems

Beautiful
Easy-going
Sunshine
Satisfy
Inviting
Efficient
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Bugs Bunny goes hop
       cook him, he’s slop
  
    Old Bessie says moo
       to Elmer she’s glue
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Bessie, out hiking, had to pee,
She glanced about, choosing a tree;
To her distress
She made a mess:
Windward, she’d squatted, not alee....

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there once was an old farmer named Dick
he injected his cows that were sick
	Bessie mooed “oh no!”
	as Dick slipped in a hole
“Don’t you bellow, it’s just a little prick”...

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Take me to the deep south
Show me the blues
Muddy Waters, BB King, Billie Holliday

Let me hear spirituals
Lena Horne, Elvis Presley, Bessie Smith
Ray Charles, please sing!...

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Jane brought her therapy cow on the plane
Which drove fellow passengers quite insane
   They lit the cow's farts
   But Bessie took heart
Her perfume made her diSTINCtively vain...

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Old rusty Bessie just drove her last mile
  Went with a sputter instead of a smile
    No more brakes slipping
    No more gears ripping
  Think I'll relax with a horse for a while...

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Been chowing down on Mini Wheat
Since I was a young lad it's oh so sweet
Probably an acre by now
Milk from Bessie the cow
This breakfast supreme simply can't be beat...

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Bessie the Cow was feeling sick, they say
She'd swallowed something rotten in the hay
   She mooed and she mooed
   But it did her no good --
The chocolate milk tasted different that day...

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Aunt Bessie adores eating cheese
The trouble is cheese makes her sneeze
She sneezes gloopy snot
but does not give a jot
and gobbles more Stilton with ease

2/20/19...

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Been chowing down Post Shredded Wheat
Since I was a young lad it's oh so sweet
Probably an acre by now
Milk from Bessie the cow
This breakfast supreme simply can't be beat


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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Oblivious she lay
  on her bed in soft hay
Ole Bessie snores the whole night away

While I twist and turn
  as my heart and pulse churn
at explosions that rock my stairway

Perchance I awake
before next the ground shake
  Let me please be a cow ~ I do pray...

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Baby, it’s heart and soul.
Black love loss story told.
Bleeds with feelings so bold.
Billie Holiday’s gold.
Bessie Smith’s records sold.
Became fast Rock and Roll.
Birthed by life’s loveless toll.

10/17/2020


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Bessie the cow
a prizewinning specimen,
has sadly relinquished
her gold rosette

Ruby red ribbons
of congealing blood
coat the floor
of the abattoir

The silly cow
ignored the bull,
farmer Fred’s freezer
will be full!

Ribbon Contest
Sponsored By Line Gauthier

3/25/19...

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There once was a fellow named Harry
who met a pretty gal named Sally
they soon were engaged, and ready to marry
but instead she married his best friend Larry
this caused Harry a lot of distress
until later when Sally became his mistress
the love triangle got too messy
so Larry left  her,  for her best friend Bessie...

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I love my car called Bessie
Although she really is quite messy
All the doors are pretty rusty
Interior it is so dusty
Once she was a lovely blue
But now she's just a faded hue
The tyres are right down on their tread
And when I stop I feel such dread
One day a guy he came on by
My Bessie he did want to buy
I told him no, I love my Bessie
Even if she is quite messy...

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My comrade - 
was 
a candy apple red steed. 

I would admire 
the way the sun 
would catch and sparkle 
across her bars, 
marvel over 
the grand Ferris wheel 
in proportion 
to her two small children. 

Some days 
we would don 
the sound 
of my sea foam flip flops, 
galloping, 
I would let 
the rough cement 
guide us 
as 
I rode 
on, 
a mad train west....

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I said, “You’re the cream of the crop!”
You called me your buttercup.
Emotions churned.
I milked the situation for all its worth,
As my dreams sat splendid before me.
Then, your life spilled out into the world,
And I became unwanted;
A container of spoiled passion
And curdled desires.
You dashed my hopes,
Leaving behind, 
The tracks of you,
and Bessie.
That old cow!...

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I don’t have a favourite;
I love each and every one
Whether happy or sad
Cheerful or glum

I love tarty Marti
And svelter Delta
Sloppy Poppy
And vulgar Olga

I love baddy Maddie
And angrier Andrea
Clean Jean
And fairer Farah

I love scorer Pandora
And messy Bessie
Gaudy Maudie
And sassie Cassie

I love a damp vamp
To tell the truth
Or Horny Dawny
And uncouth Ruth...

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Someday, someone will bring back de Blues
Crying songs of yesterday
When we were young
When no better than de hurting songs were sung
Heartbreak caused us all to bruise

Someday, another Billie Holliday will rise up
A Bessie, Howlin’ Wolf, and Bobby Bland
Ella belting from de heart
Their deep-down message from de start
Blip, blub-a-do, wop, bip-bop a ‘bup.

written September 9, 2021...

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A cow flew down
  from out of town
Said, I'll tell you a riddle
  if you'll play me your fiddle

I struck up a lively number
  but the cow fell into a deep slumber
Yet that riddle I was dying to hear
  so I pulled out my very best spear

I only planned to give Bessie a light poke
  Really, I swear to you, and I never joke --
But instead of blubber, my spear struck udder
  You know how much milk's in a bovine nursing mother?...

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    Why is it so pleasant to think back in time
         ‘specially as we near the end of the line

     Do we treasure our innocence, our youthful naivete
          or unlike Bessie the cow, we know what comes next

     Stupid she stands, flies near her eyes congregate
          I would not be a cow for all the tea in Tibet 

      And yet… Why can’t I just live for today, like all the songs say
          I guess tomorrow’s too gloomy, ergo I run far away
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Bessie’s Da Girl For Mi!

D’ars  she blows dat horse of a whale!
Only Tashtego might spear a mighty whale like’er!
Mi  eye’s seeing spots from seeing the blasted sun all mi days on dis ship,
But mi leaves on the next shore,
An’ I’m nere coming back on this ship O’ demons,
Until I kisses mi sea hag of a woman, Bessie!
She’s da  shine of mi eye and de lift of mi sails,
And she’s got a might round and wide tail too!
Bessie’s da girl for mi da Man O’ Da  Blue Wavy Sea!...

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   Do the crickets in the trees
     welcome a breeze
   Can a frog on a lily pad
     ever be sad

   Would a fish choose to swim
     if it were molasses he was in
   Does a monkey grin 
     when he thinks of vice & sin

   Should a zebra without stripes
     just give up on life
   And what about a female baboon
     Does she bleed if pecked by a loon

   Thought you might like to 'ruminate' on all of these
     While I bring up dinner - straw and day-old cheese... 
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