Quirky Cool Poem (There Be Lions)

I love anything that’s written in an absurd or quirky style, and “Sunt Leones” (translated from Latin: there be lions) certainly meets that criteria.  Following is the now classic poem written by the talented Stevie Smith (1902-1971). Sunt Leones The lions who ate the Christians on the sands of the arena By indulging native appetites played what [...]

Funny Thanksgiving Poem — Toupee Souflee

This cute and well-written funny Thanksgiving poem, called The Thanksgiving Toupee Souflee, was created by Terry Lerdall-Fitterer and re-published here with her special permission: The day had arrived; ’twas exactly one year since my relatives, (moochers), had Thanksgiving here, poor Grandpa was already stewed to the gills, and Grandma–disgusted, was popping pink pills. The turkey [...]

Poem: Maya Blue (at Chichen Itza)

Read a fantastic poem over at the online literary journal, Strange Horizons (so you already know I’m going to like the site because it has “strange” in the title – haha).  Anyway, this poem is by Ann K. Schwader, called Maya Blue (at Chichen Itza), and it starts out: Imperishable blue this bitter sky that [...]

2008 Summer Olympics: The Short Version – The Games in Rhyme

Are the Summer Olympics taking up too much of your time and digital recording space?  Want to get right to the nitty gritty?  Here are several sports in the 2008 Olympic games, all recapped in 17 words or less.  This is a work in progress; I’ll add more as I watch more Olympics. 2008 Summer [...]

A Poem About Poems — Naomi Shihab Nye

Thank you to Amy Sorensen, a.k.a. The English Geek, for bringing this poem to my attention in her post, Why I Love April.  It’s by Naomi Shihab Nye and was written in response to one of the poet’s students asking her to write him a poem: Valentine for Ernest Mann by Naomi Shihab Nye You can’t order a [...]

Laguna Sunset (A Poem)

So this poem I wrote has been traveling around on a sticky note for quite some time now, and I figured I’d better post it before I lost it.  It’s a Sappho, a vastly underused poetic form that I love for its unique rhythm and that I’m single-handedly trying to make popular again (and when [...]

Untitled Poem

I spent the day with my dad who is very sick.  This is kind of a free-form, journal-like, day-in-the-life type poem.  Not sure what to call it — suggestions?  Let me know if you have any thoughts on the ending, too. Untitled (for now) by Edie Montgomery-Pool I keep thinking of what I’ll do if [...]

Van Halen (A Poem)

Some dude named Joe Cislo published this poem over at 3Hive.com.  I like it… “Leslie Erickson said she liked my Van Halen button. It was V-shaped just like Eddie’s guitar. I’d bought it at a flea market along with some tube socks that had holes in the heels and toes…” To read the rest of [...]

Listen

Here’s the other poem I had published in The Advocate.  I grew up by the Pacific ocean, and although I get terribly seasick, I’ve always had a love for the ocean (as long as I’m looking at it from the shore!). Listen by Edie Montgomery-Pool Listen! Lie as still as you can. Close your eyes – [...]

The Dog Show

This was one of two poems I had published around 1996/1997 in The Advocate, PKA Publications.  (I’m still waiting on my author’s copy, though – lol.)  I wrote this when I was around 16; it’s a true story about a girl I knew at the time: The Dog Show by Edie Montgomery-Pool Here’s a quaint, [...]