Should I cherish words
like say I would a friend?
or
Measure words
like say I would a trend?
Should I build a lexicon
like say I would a mansion?
or
Choose a phrase
like say I would a fashion?
Should I master speech
like say I would a slave?
or
Command the language
like say I would a knave?
Should I plod along
until I get it right?
or
Eat my words
like say I would a bite?
Grandma Proses
Shirley A. Bender
Copyright © 1985
About Me
- Coffeenuts
- Indiana
- This Blog was initially created to help illustrate my Mom's poetry. Her name; Shirley A. Bender. She was born in Indianapolis in 1933. She spent 20 years of her adult life in Arizona and New Mexico. She attended Purdue University, and has lived in Lafayette, Indiana since 1971. She is married to her husband of 60 years, has three children, four grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren w/1 in the oven. She has read her poems throughout the country, and works with grade school children to foster creative writing. My mom's sister, the late Mary Lou Meyer, was the driving force behind my mother to have her books published. Aunt Lou also had eight of her sister's poems set to music. All eight of these tunes were composed by Laurie Stonerock and can be heard on this blog.
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