Short Mamie Poems

in my blooming past
grandma was a beautician
who valued my words




Dedicated to the memory of my late paternal grandmother, Mamie Regulus....

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You are going home--to Jesus--your life will soon begin!

Earth's ties will then be severed--and Heaven entered
in the precious blood of Jesus that washes white as snow.

He'll bring you safe to glory...
the Blessed Word tells us so....

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Did you ever stop and think
When you spent the day all alone
There was someone else too
That was just as lonely as you ?
So if you are feeling blue
Just sit down and write a line or two
For someone that loves you dear
Will be waiting from you to hear.


Written by my Grandmother Mamie Rachel Sterling/Sinner/Earl 1940...

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Who can control the gold guppies the fishwisher did ask.
Merwoman Mamie said she might be up to the task.
She had raised some children – mermaids and mermens.
Pretty soon she had the gold guppies doing tricks in their tins.
She does it so easily, observed a coral reef god named Nom.
Maybe because she already has experience as a fantastic mom....

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*Image of Mamie Surfeuse by Pinterest.

Wilma *Flynnstone Flip

Crazy chick half out of her gourd,
chose to surf the ironing board,
hair curlers wound up,
tube ride earns gold cup,
resolving laugh as she gets floored.

*A Flynnstone Flip is an aerial backflip on a surfboard created by Flynn Novak.

2022 July 17
*4th Place*
Limerick 
~~Lisa YY: Judged 2022 July 19

**RZ; aabba. HMS; 8,8,5,5,8....

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Mamie has a rather shabby coat, it is a mainstay
We all know it; green with tassels, a bit scraggly
It was her mother’s coat, she will never get rid of it
It still smells like her, she tells us.

Is she creepy? A newcomer asks me.
She has not met Mamie yet.
You need to meet her and make up your own mind.
She does, and she falls in love with her.

Like the rest of us have.
She might be wrinkly and old,
She might not have the best clothes
But she has the best heart....

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In magnificent memory of Vee See’s zaniest chimpanzee
Probably discussed by merry monkey’s chipping chickadee
Readily and aptly apparent by three who seldom agree
Incredibly supping with Mamie, Marjorie and Mr. Paul Klee

Please pass the honey and the light brie said brazen bumblebee.
No one capably eats brie with lemon tea said a flickering flea.
Advice is free but listen, skinny skeleton, I dare you to try and oversee.
Chimpanzee and chickadee fell down laughing at this on one knee....

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