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Linda Bella Wassermeister
Linda Bella Wassermeister
(1957-2020 died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada / born in Alamosa, Colorado, U. S. A.)
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I know I don't have long now, so I have filled in my death year on this page.
I am 63 years old, much older than anyone expected me to achieve, considering my obesity, and I have deleted a bunch of poems, which leaves me with 63 poems here, one for each year of my age. That, in itself, is kind of poetic, isn't it? more »
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Linda Bella Wassermeister Poems
Linda Bella
My name is Linda Bella;
my father calls me Belle.
I used to be his little girl,
but how my size did swell!... more »
Never Again
He won't be late
for dinner again.
He'll never lock... more »
Stranded (Part 1 Of 6)
the cruise ship
carrying American poets
had crashed and sunk... more »
Skinny-Dipping
We walked along the dusty trail,
no shoes upon our feet.
Hot summer day.... more »
Grandma's Corncob Pipe
My grandma smoked a corncob pipe;
she did it all her life.
She said it calmed her troubled nerves
and kept her world from strife.... more »
You Are Special
I am not wise
in the ways
of the world.... more »
Drop In
You can shake it, you can flip it,
you can coax it ‘til it's sore;
you can knead it like a bread loaf
‘til it can stand no more,... more »
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Grandma's Corncob Pipe
My grandma smoked a corncob pipe;
she did it all her life.
She said it calmed her troubled nerves
and kept her world from strife.
Her children all begged her to quit;
they said "It'll kill you, Mom! "
But she said "There ain't no cause to fret;
it can't do any harm! "
"The Lord intended folks to smoke;
what else are corncobs for?
There's lots of worse things I could do;
I could have been a... "
Right there she paused and thought a bit,
then went on as before:
"There's plenty worse things I could ...
Dear Belle,
are you still with us? I have read your " Farewell" poem and it is magnificent.
I hope that you are just lying low for a while and will be back entertaining us again. If not, it has been a pleasure reading your poetry. You have inspired me on more than one occasion, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
God be with you and keep you.
Kim Barney
Father is always right. I like Belle too. But I adore La Belle. I like Bella too like Bellissima.
Linda is an exceptional poetess. There are few as good on this site.
A poet of the poets and a great wordsmit.
It's about time that someone honoured this amazing poet by giving him a comment on his Poet Page!
Ronnie is a promising, phenomenal poet of immense raw talent. His unique storytelling ability can transport you to another time and place.
Stop in and visit his poems- - It will be time well-spent, and you'll come away feeling renewed and refreshed.
And, shouldn't that be the purpose of poetry, anyway?