New Classic Poems – Contemporary Verse That Rhymes

New Classic Poems
Family Matters
"Hah, what a joke," my wife spoke up. "You never wear your belt.
When I ask you to buckle up, you say it leaves a welt."
"That's it, you stupid woman! We will settle this at home.
Why can't you keep your big trap shut" My mouth began to foam.
The cop then motioned, "S'cuse me, M’am, would you please step outside.
You wait here Sir. We won't be long." When out, the policeman pried.
"Are you all right If you would like, I'll throw him in the clink."
"No, I'll be fine. He's harmless. He's just had too much to drink."
Girl 1951
Cathy Wilson
We never questioned whether we should wed
Or if we even knew what it would mean
To vow and bed and bear and then to dread
The choke of morning sickness pale and green,
The slam of bathroom door. To wear the mask
Of Nice and Acquiescent and Demean
Concealed the question we never dared to ask
The priest, our mothers, surely not ourselves:
What is there, anything, besides the task
Of householding, of cleaning drawers and shelves,
Our body turning something else instead:
New life – and scars Oh, be the one who tells
The truth, the words that no one ever said
To us, determined early to be wed.
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