Roses is red; a dollar are green.
Dough wuz the grandest thang Bubba'd done seen.
He had a bad wreck and ruptured his spleen.
His surgery wuz in a room that tweren't clean!
He paid Doc with roses, and Doc got real mean.
So Bubba sent dough--biscuits in a can.
Doc planned to whup him, but Bubba he ran.
Then he sent greens--the kind cooked in a pan.
Doc wanted green MONEY. He wuz one angry man!
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The sponsor done asked for a hillbilly pome,
so I writ these purty lines here at my home
up in these hills from whur I seldom roam.
April 19, 2018
It ain't good and it ain't bad
It's somewhere in between
Wasn't right and it wasn't wrong
It's just a cowboy's dream
Saw her come in through the bat-wings
She stopped and looked around
Prettiest gal I'd ever seen
And I was trouble bound
I said,"Howdy", as my voice broke,
"I'll buy you one cold beer."
She said,"Thank you..but make it two,
"My husband's standin' near."
I looked around and there he was,
Scrawny as he could be
Now I am tall and I am broad
I'll whup the likes of he
I kinda chuckled at the sight
And made some smart remark
Hopin' the gal could see my strength
And that might start a spark
The spark it started came from him
He hit me in the jaw
Then broke a bottle on my head
Beat all I ever saw
I don't recall a whole lot then
They say I just went dumb
Mostly I hurt all over now
Hospital bed helps some
It ain't good and it ain't bad
It's somewhere in between
Learned some things that I didn't know
Scrawny's sometimes just lean
December 21, 2016
Round by Round
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire
ROUND 1
Born a boy Cassicuis Clay
In January the first month
Of the year.
Asked for drink in a store
Was told water segregated here.
Your colour wrong.
Proudly rode his bike
Then stolen by the thief.
Fuming with whup
Was told learn to box first.
ROUND 2
Full of steam in amateur years
Similarly he whupped 100 of them.
Standing tall the nicest boxer of all.
After Rome came he home
Baptized his medal in Ohio's river
Could not dine in a white diner.
In 1996 he will light the Olympics.
ROUND 3
I have a secret ..
The bear will go down in eight..
I am the greatest
The lip will break the bear.
True to the beat
The bear sat down after six.
And the shuffle was invented.
Now he ended his slave
To be jailed
For NO to the draft lollipop
To kill the people.
A courage and strength
Which told a universe
How wrong a war in Vietnam.
After all ....
With the soul of butterfly
And the sting like a bee
The champion of the people
Will become The Greatest
ROUND BY ROUND
Poet: Ken Jordan
Poem: Mama Calling Me
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written: June/2014
My mama calling me:
Kennnnn ny!
Kennnnn ny!
Kenny!?
Kenny!
KENNETH!!
Get choo little ass in this
house!
Boy,
I know you heard me call'n
you.....
Don't have me call you
again..... mama get worried -
Now if I have to call you again,
mama gon whup yo little ass -
Now tell yo sweet mama, what
I said:
"You said, mama gon whup my
little ass if you call me again."
That's right baby, mama don't
play that.....you know me,
alright?!
mama didn't mean to scream
at you baby, but, mama got to
know where you are.
Okay mama -
baby, now gon out and
play -
I love you mama -
I love you to baby, that's
mama's little good boy -
Remembering those good old
days -
My mama calling me.