Why are there not more poems about the home
About doing all those things that need doing?
Cooking, washing dishes, changing nappies,
Picking up toys…
Why are there not more poems about such things,
Things that all us women and mothers do
Day after day, unloved, unthanked…
And when at last the children are asleep
And the house is as tidy as it will ever be
We sit in front of the telly only to hear
“I’ve been working my ass off all day,
Not lazing about the house like you!”
Perhaps if there were more domestic poems
Men will learn to understand
How we waste our lives and brains
Whilst they are laughing and flirting at work.
But then it is all too dull for poetry,
Emptying potties, washing clothes.
There is only a certain amount one can write
About hoovering a carpet to a child crying,
Or cooking chips when a mini-man fight is going on.
Perhaps that is why there are no poems about the home,
Women do not want to be reminded that
They are slaves to be lied to and sometimes whacked
By men who rule the fucking world!
So our dreary days go unrecorded
As we wind our weary ways
Through the country churchyard of our lives…
I can write no more, someone is pulling at me
And wanting a drink.
—
Tiffy Witherington
Feeling F***** In The “Dog & Duck”
—
Another cold wet day,
Just what I need with my own cold.
I wrap up warm
But still shiver
Still feel like crap
Which reminded me I needed another…
Reluctenly, I put my coat on
(I wish I had a toilet in my car!)
I have to do some shopping,
And later on,
I’ll have to open the pub
Even if I’m not behind the bar.
I am about to go out
When Susan comes,
She is the wife of the landlord
Of “The Fat Owl Of The Remove”
She says she will do my shopping for me,
I thank her quicky
And just make the loo!
—
Tiffy Witherington.
note: “The Fat Owl Of The Remove” is Billy Bunter. (Link)
is…
I Think I Will Marry A Dog. ( A REAL one!)
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I think I will marry a dog
next time.
A dog will not threaten me
or abuse me.
A dog does what it is told.
It gives love
as it takes love.
A dog will come out with me
and not stare at the curves
of teenage girls.
A dog will just lay at my feet
and love me for my kindness to it.
Love me
for 12 years or more
without any form of sex.
Yes, I think I will marry a dog
next time.
Please make it legal.
—
Tiffy Witherington.
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Next blog I’ll advertise the beautiful poems of
dancing_pen and her books.
On the
Three_Headed_Sarahs site is a controversal poem by Sophie Morgan, showing not the dark side of her, but the dark side of childhood on a rough out-of-control estate.
Comments (31)
These are so very true and so great and winsome!
Dear Terry,
Tiffy is probably my second favorite poet after the Rev. Toby. She always tells it like it is.
I’d love to visit Blenhiem Palace too.
And if I haven’t mentioned it in a previous comment, congratulations on your publication in America. We really need you over here. (Of course to me being on the internet is just like being published. I even read your poetry on your Homestead site.
Michael F. Nyiri, poet, philosopher, fool
Congratulations on your book!!
These poems are so good. Would even agree with the last one, except Ken does all those things except lay at my feet!!!!
I feel Tiffy lately… the loo, the drink and the dog (pats my yellow lab on the head) blah… I’m too yound to be so unhealthy… (sighs) Hope you are well my friend. (((hugs)))
A nice mixture, is that Cafe Press the one from Steve J’s Saucy Vox. I think it would be awful to write about kitchenalia , Cheers marj
You don’t need to marry a dog, you buy it.You never know!If you marry a dog he could turn into a bitch.
I just bought three hundred dollars worth of school textbooks (damn publishing companies!!! >
| ) so I’m a bit “needy” at the moment, but as soon as the funds return to normal, I will purchase a copy of your book. Also, in Tiffy’s honor, I will try to write a “domestic” poem. Or at least one with elements of the domestic in it. (Note that I said “try to,” I give no guarantees.) Keep it copasetic. Peace.
Tiffy for president or pope or queen or whom ever may be the archeo ruler of ones larger domain b.
Tiffy may be onto something with her marrying a dog idea.
Poor Tiffy! I didn’t marry my dog, but I did buy her, and she is very devoted.
I really like Tiffy…I wish I could bring her flowers…
poor Tiffy…she deserves so much better..i like the dog idea
Why are there not more poems like that?
i would like to marry a dog. i would treat her kindly and she would love me. i miss her so much right now.
The idea of dog marriage is still marriage. I would rather just live with a dog in sin…
Nice to meet you!
Thank Sophie for the poems about the Pope, she did well.
{{{{{{{{{{{Terry}}}}}}}}}}} ryc: Thank you. Your poetry and prose often touch me also, much of it is thought provoking.
Right on, Tiffy… you tell it, girl!
ARF!
i like the one about the dog alot. come to think of it, i would also marry a dog.
trust on humans are disappearing nowadays.
u no i alwways reads yr poetree and then I reads yer comments…lol… and then i think heavens what was the poetry about for me cos after all those interpretations i dont think i get it… lol so hang on will re-read..
welll my fave is the dog one
personally… the first sort of hits too close to home for me, makes me itch…. and the second.. its doesnt touch.. but the last .. i like the whiimsical touch you often display..
I like these… very honest and open thoughts we all have.
I hope you are feeling well these days. Spring commeth soon.
Right now we are going through the pouring rain heavy wind phase… lots of fun, like standing in the shower with yoru clothes on…
Be well.
Thank you for the link to your poem. That was very sweet.
lisa
Yep, dogs are more loyal than some people. I just read a thing at the vet and it said something like this….A dog when homeless and fed is very devoted and loyal and will not bite their master’s hand. That is better than some people. I will have to get the exact words.
Yeah, I know what you mean about responding to comments. I don’t even have that many and it is challenging. I do appreciate each and every one of them though.
Cheers, men DO need to read, and understand domestic poems and the importance of sharing the workload …
And marriages with dogs is legal, so good news for you.
have a lovely brand new week ahead.
My friend thinks you have an eating disorder… you should really get that looked at
No glory in the mundane, I suppose.
Your dog poem reminds me of a statement by a certain military official – that when men were capable of showing undying loyalty, he would consider them equal to dogs and not lesser, but not before then.
I do have an eating disorder, I eat too much!
It may very well come to me having to marry my dog if I am to ever GET married…LOL
Why did the blonde snort Sweet-n-Low?
She thought it was Diet Coke.
If Tiffy wants someone else to do her housework, she’d better marry a dog that’s made a few bucks. Lassie’s probably got a good pension. Even if there’s as much of a to do about same sex marriage in England as in the U.S., Tiffy need not worry because I believe Lassie only pretended to be a girl.