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Poems From Bard to Verse
by: Mel Wade
Northern
Exposure
© Mel Wade
Many years past while constructing my
dream
(A place on a lake, complete with a stream)
I busily worked on my
cottage abode
When, feeling an urge for an indoor commode
I was suddenly struck
as I answered the call
That winter had followed a beautiful fall
But the weather outside
was between nippy and numbing
And we had no provision for interior plumbing.
My neighbor, with
foresight, had thought to provide
A primitive privy, thirty-six inches wide.
In my haste, I observed
no half moon on the door?
In fact not a door, nor even a floor.
But only a roof barely
covering a hole
With a nail as a hook, providing a roll.
I was chilled as I sat
in this partial enclosure
But thrilled at the view in my northern exposure
For as I sat among
pines nearly five stories tall
Though partially numb, feeling no pain at all
I remembered an ad
which once was in favor--
"If it hasn't a hole, it isn't a Lifesaver."
"Northern
Exposure" has recently been published
in a book called
"The Best Poetry of 1998."
Congrats Mel...this is a great poem!
Reprinted here with the kind permission of the author - Mel Wade
Mel, a friend of mine, recently sent this poem, unsolicited, in a e-mail. I read it and laughed out loud. I was really surprised because I had no idea that he was a writer.
I liked it so much that I e-mailed him and asked if I could post it on my Nature page, with an appropriate picture of his "outhouse."
Here is his original e-mail to me...the one with the "Northern Exposure" poem in it:
"P.S. for a little attempt at humor--a true story. I sent in this poem I wrote to the Eagle River Sesquicentennial committee and it was printed in the Eagle River/Three Lakes paper.
The Eagle River paper had the following note concerning the poem I wrote: "Mel Wade, a cottage owner at Three Lakes, after reading the Three Lakes News, and our request for outhouse stories, contributed the following poem written by himself."
In his reply e-mail to me, giving me permission to post his "Northern Exposure" poem, he sent me ANOTHER POEM:
and more recently...ANOTHER...
and now...another...a Christmas/Nature poem:
The Twelve Days of Christmas
(Wade House Backyard)(...maybe we've created a "poetry monster?")
Yes we did...now here's an original-unpublished...created exclusively
for this "web" page:Webster’s Ductionary Of Word Gooseage 12/27/97
I just knew that we created a monster...who knows what's next?
A Pun or Two 12/30/97
Well...you can't say that I didn't warn you...
A Sailor's Rescue 2/27/98
See...yet another one has rolled off the pen of Mel!
Ode to The Music Teacher 8/12/98
And...still another...an Ode...this time!
No Stopping The Poet...read his latest...
What's In A Name? 9/5/98
Here's Mel's latest...a Holiday poem...sort of??
An Inauspicious Beginning? posted 11/13/98
Music: Northern Exposure - Midi File Central
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Poems From Bard to Verse
by: Mel Wade