Sometimes unrelated events will trigger a new poem. Recently, when reaching into my sewing cabinet for scissors, I pulled out my pinking shears instead. That triggered writing Cold Revenge. For non-sewers, pinking shears are used to finish seams. They cut in a ziz-zag pattern instead of a straight line like scissors. This poem got a lot of laughs at my recital at the OLLI mid-term celebration.
COLD REVENGE
MEN! You can’t live with them and you can’t live without them
A tempting solution would be to simply out them
Although killing would bring satisfaction sought
If I shoot him I just might get caught
And though this would bring the revenge that I yearn for
It wouldn’t be worth serving a prison term for
I ponder and ponder Oh what can I do
I must think of some way to get even with you
I can’t take any more; all your abuse makes me silly
So I’m cutting it off with my pinking shears and you’ll have a frilly dilly
And if you think this is too harsh then you haven’t been told
That revenge is a dish that’s always served cold
By Sue Raymer Woods
April 20, 2006
About Me
- Sue Raymer Woods
- I was born in Owensboro Kentucky in 1939. When I was one, we moved to Indianapolis Indiana. I graduated from Thomas Carr Howe High School in 1957, and keep in touch daily with classmates through their website. I studied Accounting at Indiana University. In 1961, I married Philip A. Woods; we divorced in 1967. In 1969 I moved to San Francisco. In 1980, I was proud to be selected as a Reagan delegate to the RNC. I was re-elected in June 2008 to my 5th term as a member of the San Francisco Republican Party. I'm honored to have been selected aa a John McCain delegate to the 2008 RNC, but decided not to attend due to my disabilities. I live in SF's Castro area with my basset hound, Molly. She is the 4th in a series of bassets who have been my dear friends. In 2002, I suffered a severe stroke that left me disabled in my left limbs. With the help of prayer, I am gradually recovering. After retiring in 2004, I enrolled in writing classes at Osher Life Long Learning Institute (O.L.L.I.), see link. In addition to writing my memoirs, I am writing poetry and creating a family video.
2 comments:
the last two lines really are witty! and how would you ever dream up "frilly dilly". very clever...i like this one :D
Julia Raymer Keller
the last two lines really are witty! and how would you ever dream up "frilly dilly". very clever...i like this one :D
Julia Raymer Keller
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