Short Kathleen Poems

Open Let Me In

                            Can't Get You in My Mind

                                   Kathleen, Let Me...

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There was a lady of name Kathleen,

Who was never quite sure where she had been.

    So they found her a minder

    Who was a lot kinder

And always kept her happy and clean....

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K-een
A-uthor
T-ruly
H-elps
L-onely
E-motion
E-liminate
N-egativity

B-y
E-rasing
L-ife's
G-rave
A-nguish

Topic: Birthday of Kathleen P. Belga (December 09) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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K-eep
A-iming
T-ruly
H-igh
L-etting
E-yes
E-nd
N-egative

D-irection
E-rasing
L-oss
A-nd

C-onfusing
R-esult
U-nder
Z-enith

Topic: Birthday of Kathleen dela Cruz (June 02) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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K-iss
A-dieu
T-he
H-aze
L-etting
E-arliness
E-rase
N-ight

J-inx
O-nce
Y-ou

B-ehold
R-ays
I-n
O-ne 
N-ew
E-ager
S-unshine

Topic: Birthday of Kathleen Joy Briones (June 21) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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K-een
A-uthor's
T-heme
H-appily
L-ets
E-xpression
E-mploy
N-ame

J-ust
O-ffering
Y-early

J-oviality
A-s
M-essage
E-ndorses
L-ovely
A-crostic

Topic: Birthday of Kathleen Joy Jamela (January 03) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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K-nowledge
A-bout
T-he
H-uman
L-ife
E-mploys
E-arth's
N-ature

J-ust
O-ffering
Y-ou

B-rilliant
R-ighteousness
I-n
O-ne
N-ame's
E-xcellent
S-ubstance

Topic: Birthday of Kathleen Joy Briones (June 21) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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N-icely
H-ave
E-arly
L-ight


K-eeping
A-way
T-he
H-aze
L-etting
E-ffulgence
E-ndorse
N-ew

Z-enith
A-s
N-atural
T-winkle
U-ses
A-ppearance

Topic: Birthday of Jahnelle Kathleen A. Zantua (November 11) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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K-ind
A-uthor
T-ouches
H-er
L-ife
E-xcellently
E-mploying
N-atal

J-oy
O-n
Y-early

J-oviality
A-s
R-apturous
A-crostic
N-ote
I-nspirationally
L-ets
L-ove
A-bound

Topic: Birthday of Kathleen Joy Jaranilla (January 07) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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There sits a place of graves amidst a copse of oak
That drip with Spanish Moss, each in an eight foot skein.
A thousand graves or more lie 'neath the tree frogs' croak.
Only one cries at night - his soul speaks out, "Kathleen"

3-23-19
Contest Wtiting Challenge 5, March 2019, 4 Lines
Sponsor : Dear Hearts...

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Into her life James Tissot came
And in his paintings her beauty remains
But such is the nature of fleeting fame
Her renown she did not live to see
Too young,Kathleen dies of TB

The story of James Tissot and Kathleen Newton


http://en.easyart.com/art-prints/artists/James-Jacques-Joseph-Tissot-2294.html...

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Kathleen

My name
is hers.
Sort of.
Similar yet different
because I am.
Altered,
this strong Irish name for a 
weak Sicilian nonna.
Heart it was.
Children’s laughter killed her,
roared his grief.  
They grew with guilt.

I, inherited the heart
but I am not weak with
this strong Irish name. 
Laughter is medicinal.
I live past her years....

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K-iller opponent in silence
A-ttacks the humankind; 
T-he threat of hazardous horror
H-asn't been far behind.
L-et the killer opponent
E-vaporate into oblivion; 
E-rase the onerous outbreak, 
N-egate the crowned contagion.

S-anitize your both hands, 
U-sing soap or detergent; 
E-liminate the dreaded dirt, 
S-top the killer
O-pponent.

Topic: Birthday of Kathleen Sueso (May 30)...

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The day was good,
the sun shining, a breeze 
winding around the pines.
Two mockingbirds 
were playing 
guess me.

Cumuli loitered 
above ground shadows
with cats jumping
from one to the other
in a game that only 
they understood.

I felt the stirring of precipitate
motion on my cheek as a shadow
passed by whispering the words
of an old song by Townes
about going down to see Kathleen.
I never meant for it to rain.

r ~ 5/7/14...

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One, two... who are you?

Three, four... been here before?

Five, six... I'm all mixed

Seven, eight... wish I knew when I ate

Nine, ten... are you my friend?

Eleven, twelve... am I in hell?

Thirteen, fourteen... I love green

Fifteen, sixteen... my name's Kathleen

Seventeen, eighteen... is my face clean?

Nineteen, twenty... they feed me plenty

One, two... who are you?

Three, four... been here before?



© Jack Ellison 2012...

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The mind of an ALZHEIMER'S patient

One, two... who are you?
Three, four... been here before?
Five, six... I'm all mixed
Seven, eight... wish I knew when I ate
Nine, ten... are you my friend?
Eleven, twelve... am I in hell?
Thirteen, fourteen... I love green
Fifteen, sixteen... my name's Kathleen
Seventeen, eighteen... is my face clean?
Nineteen, twenty... they feed me plenty
One, two... who are you?
Three, four... been here before?...

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