Mabel Poems - Poems about Mabel

*A very loose form of Limerick, but Mabel deserves lots of syllables. There once was a waitress with the name of Mabel Who used her bosom as...Read the rest...

Just Tom and Mabel in the village, No honorific ever known, Too far down the pecking order for Such respect to be shown. Like so many in that village My Dad and Mam worked on A still almost feudal system Wage slavery...Read the rest...

My dearest Mabel was the human personification of what her first name stood for: "Beautiful" and "Lovable" She was a nurturing mother grandmother, teacher and woman of God She was the perfect help mate for my great grandfather She was to him what Eve...Read the rest...

A letter arrived from Aunt Mabel, always a keeper She was delighted I bought myself a Bissell sweeper Said they are best, but I could have gotten it cheaper, Seems her nephew is in more trouble, getting deeper I...Read the rest...

Millie’s mother Mabel mended macrame Mainly Marseilles-made macrame, Maddening moments mending machine macrame Mostly made-to-order, mostly May macrame. Making May mostly made-to-order macrame means Many months modifying Malaysian macrame, mostly! written February 2, 2022...Read the rest...

Yesterday, I received Auntie Mabel’s end-of-the-year letter Seems, after another bout with arthritis, she is some better, She reports that Aunt Lula Fay’s nephew is no longer in fetter But, unfortunately, he’s only out on bail, she being...Read the rest...

A letter came from Auntie Mabel today-- Saying how she’s tired of working for low pay, Seems her widowed sister has come to stay, The kids make too much noise when they play Keeps telling me she doesn’t have...Read the rest...

Your intricacies fearfully and wonderfully wrought so well, Sweet child, sweet daughter, greatly priced pearl, You’re a darling, a sweetheart, my dearest ‘Mabel’, Like your name, prayer born - meaning ‘Beautiful Girl’. And that endless innocence in your scintillating...Read the rest...

There was once a lady called Mable Whose knickers were up to her navel Her cupboards were bare There was no underwear So she nicked them from where she was able...Read the rest...

There is my sweet Aunt Mabel sitting across the table ever since her divorce she eats like a horse so we put her up in a stable...Read the rest...

If you arrive too early at the public library and stand on the steps with Mabel till the doors open you will hear Mabel’s oration for the day. Mabel is there every day and her utterances vary. Today three strangers hear...Read the rest...

Mabel Vera Cone 1893-1911 No one knew I existed. No one knew I died. No one, not even my family, Knew I lived in the back, Out back, way behind the small white house On shady Canobie Street. No one cared one iota. No...Read the rest...

Freddie and Mable they were so in love He took one look at Mabel’s knockers And billed and cooed like a silly turtle dove Oh but in size they were real big shockers When out shopping for panties and...Read the rest...

The crisp cool breeze helped the sailboat to glide, like a swan on a lake, or the glory of a kite. The shiny exterior shone pearlescent white, the gold, christened lettering, gloriously reflecting the light. Newly purchased, fridge stocked, husband proudly at the wheel, his...Read the rest...

As dawn cracks the sky and yellow light leaks through The neighbourhood oracle begins her day, sets out her stall on the corner near the station "The end is coming" The newspaper boy in his sister's scarf snatched...Read the rest...