Borden Poems - Poems about Borden

Borden’s milk had a gorgeous sidekick cartoon cow, Elsie. In the Midwest we had Elsie dolls, Elsie curtains, Elsie pins. I wanted Borden’s milk more than anything in the world. My cousin had it, because her parents bought it. My parents bought another brand of milk. Because it was two cents a year cheaper. I could tell the difference. I would not...

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"Lizzie Borden took an ax And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done She gave her father forty-one." Whoever wrote this jump-rope song About Lizzie Borden got it wrong. Though she did give her stepmom ax whacks aplenty, By the coroner's count there were no more than twenty. Then before anyone could scold her or scoff, Lizzie took her...

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(Limerick) When Lizzie (Borden) saw what she's done Thought to herself that was so much fun So she whack them again And again and again Then laughed aloud at what she's done! Dorian Petersen Potter Aka ladydp2000 Copyright@2014 09.16.2014...

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LIZZIE BORDEN Poor miss Lizzie, a murderess acquitted, By a judgment’s ruling of her peers, Yet command by histories theatrics. Astound damsel, to the wealth’s elite, A matron’s old maid, imprisoned by An unjust fate. By the falling axes sharpened blade, Two lives ended, ensuing the public’s Scandal and out rage. Does not the rhyme in time not state, The accusations inquest to her...

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Lizzie Borden Took an Axe By Elton Camp Family love often will subside When there’s property to divide Old Andy Borden’s second wife Came to be a cause of much strife He allowed his two daughters no say When he began to give money away To his second wife’s Abby’s own kin With them, his generosity did begin “For you to do like that is...

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