Short Greene Poems

Pittsburgh Steelers had
Mean Joe Greene and Jack Lambert
in the Seventies...

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The only way to escape the jungle
—is in self delusion 

(Saigon: July, 1989)...

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Rancher to Spacer

Lorne Greene
Played on a rancher team.
Later had Cylons on his track
In a show where they would say frack....

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An Electric Rub Board?
By
Tom Wright

There was a young man named Joe Greene,
Who promised his wife a new washing machine.
It was called a Rub Board,
And had no electric cord,
Now Joe needs a transplanted spleen.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene
Congressperson who loves to preen
From Northern Georgia
A notorious reputation like Lucretia Borgia

FIRST PLACE WINNER
written June 28, 2021
exclusively for "A Brian Strand July Poetry Contest"
sponsored by Brian Strand...

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art
nouveau-
greene & greene
in a talent
show

Inspired by some photos I saw recently,some of you are closer and may have seen the real 
thing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greene_%26_Greene
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamble_House_(Pasadena,_California)...

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The throb of the obeisance is to
   alternate a action of speech at a unset action .
 Yet to breath into a beautiful desire, called Life.
   Not long til the sunrise and the fate is pressed 
to assign the function of meditation or ability.




                                  -Quateria Greene...

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(This poem is about Norman Greene. He died June 12, 2001. He was fifty-six.)

When I learned that my uncle had lung cancer, I was stunned.
He died in 2001.
He smoked four packs of cigarettes a day.
Sadly he's gone away.
I wish he would've quit smoking or at least cut down.
The world would be better if he was still around....

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I remember the times we had was like the best laughs
  I remember the mistakes we wore it made us last
   I remember the hard times could put us past 
     you could only be you in a presence of mass 
  less complications when we had each others back 
         last but not least we walked in a pack. 

                 -Quateria Greene...

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Mean Joe Greene number seventy-five
kept the Pittsburgh Steelers alive

was a solid wall on that frontline
and sacking the quarterback was fine

the Steel Curtain was solid back then
in the seventies they’d always win

that was the decade of the Steelers
take your rookie card to a dealer

and maybe it is worth some green
never forgetting mean Joe Greene...

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Ana dances her way through the gates of Heaven.
Singing with the angels to help them spread love to the world.

At night Ana will help her friends and family shine even brighter.
By leaving sweet notes saying:

I love you. Now go spread your wings
And light up people's hearts with your smile.

** This poem is in memory of Ana M. Marque-Greene. Ana loved to dance, sing, and leave sweet notes....

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She’s familiar,
  aint that the blues

Sleeping beside her,
  everyone knew

Chipped beef on Monday,
  Thursday cold stew

Dishes piled high,
  paycheck gone through

She’s familiar,
  ain’t that the blues

Home from work early,
  today around noon

Mattress was creaking,
  my pistol I drew

Two shots in my brother,
 —four more in the flooze

(Chicago Illinois: Performed with Clinton Mace at Cabrini Greene 1985)...

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Put on a new dress, was looking really hot,
Dyed my hair with several blonde highlights,
Applied my MAC makeup... ooh-la-la,
I’m singing Al Greene, “So In Love With You”

Its our wedding anniversary, 29th and you knew
Bubbles overflow from the champagne bottle
You beckon me to come hither into our room
Which shoes to wear... oh you burst my bubble!

Written by Lee Ramage
September 8, 2011

Sponsor Debbie Guzzi
Contest “Bubbles”...

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Beloved readers, here's the thing
prose is not allowed.
My responses made for Gerald Greene
the site saw fit take down. 
"Not poems" was their reply,
when questioned for the cause.
What rebuttle could I give?
Let live is not enough. 

These were not saved
in any form.
They've gone into the aether. 
I hope they've been some little good.

In common suit, I've followed through
removing other prose.
I do not think they'll come again
in these censored rows....

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You died twenty years ago today.
On February 7, 1998, you passed away.
You were born in 1910 and died at the age of eighty-seven.
Twenty years ago, you left this Earth and went to Heaven.

You became a widower in 1957 and had your kids to finish raising.
You finished raising your kids by yourself and that was amazing.
When you died, it was something that I hated.
You were my Papaw and you were appreciated.

(Dedicated to Burkette Greene who died on February 7, 1998.)...

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Papaw was born in 1910 on the first of May.
He died a quarter of a century ago today.
After living a long life, he died at the age of 87.
Almost ten years ago, Mom joined him in Heaven.
He had six kids but the youngest didn't survive.
He was my grandfather while he was alive.
On February the 7th of 1998, it was Papaw's time to die.
He was my grandpa and it was sad when I said goodbye.

[Dedicated to Burkette Greene (1910-1998) who died 25 years ago today on February 7, 1998]...

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(Dedicated to Ida Greene who died July 5, 2008.)

Ida was her name and she was my mom's former stepmother.
For eighteen months she helped take care of Mom, her sister and her brothers.
She taught my mom how to milk a cow.
I hate to say that she is dead now.
She's being buried today and her family is feeling remorse.
She kept my Granddad's last name after they got a divorce.
She passed away yesterday at the age of ninety-five.
She was a kind and good person while she was alive....

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