My mother thinks I’m silly For playing with my food. She says to see me do it Puts her in a terrible mood.
Some kids I know have puppies, One has talking parrots. But I’d rather spend my time With tomatoes, corn and carrots.
My mother thinks I’m silly But I don’t care at [...]
Entries from September 2002 ↓
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Don’t Play with Your Food
September 1st, 2002 — Poems for Children
Birds of a Feather
September 1st, 2002 — Quickies
Birds of a feather flock together. But don’t you think it bizarre How birds can determine, from high in the sky, When they’ve flocked right over my car?
The Etiquette of Waving
September 1st, 2002 — Southern Humor
When first you visit Texas, Y’best learn how Texans wave Or you could be mistaken For a simple Yankee knave.
When you meet a relative, As they first come into sight, Quickly roll your window down And wave with all your might.
For a neighbor or [...]
Quack-Up
September 1st, 2002 — Quickies
He was flying south for the winter. Ducks don’t know how to back-up. Too late he saw the TV tower. He had an awful quack-up!
Little Donny Dragon
September 1st, 2002 — Poems for Children
My best friend is a dragon, Little Donny is his name. He isn’t very pretty But I like him all the same.
Last Sunday, Little Donny Got kicked out of the choir. They said that when he’d sneezed It had set his robe on fire.
Then yesterday at recess, He had a terrible [...]

Wayne Edwards is a native Texan, graduate of Texas A&M University, and retired Air Force officer. He lives, with his wife Ruth, on a fish farm in Texas, in an underground house he built himself. Wayne can be reached via e-mail at 