I am the only me you see, There’s just one me and me alone. The line is busy when I try To call me on my telephone.
But there are lots and lots of you And just one me, now is that fair? I need a mirror to see me, To brush my [...]
Entries from July 2003 ↓
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Just Me
July 1st, 2003 — Poems for Children
Billy Hermit
July 1st, 2003 — General Humor
Old Billy Hermit built a house; Why he built it… we have no doubt. He built it without doors or windows To keep unwanted company out!
He built it way out in the sticks Where no one else had ever been. And there he plans to live alone If he can find it and [...]
Since Henry Moved Away
July 1st, 2003 — Poems for Children
My life has now become a hoot, Since stupid Henry moved away. He’s no longer there to tease me, The times I go outside to play.
No one to thump me on the head, No one to take my lunch away. I know exactly when he moved And I will celebrate that day.
I sure won’t miss [...]
Jeremy
July 1st, 2003 — Poems for Children
Jeremy David loves to cook Some real outlandish dishes. With green sticks for asparagus And yellow leaves for fishes.
Jeremy’s Caesar’s salad pots Are certainly a chef’s delight, With weeds and grass and acorn shells Placed in a flower pot just right.
If by chance you are invited To Jeremy’s house for dinner, [...]
Tongue-Tied
July 1st, 2003 — Life with Children
I would talk to the red haired girl The next time that she passed me by; But if she didn’t answer me, My heart would break and I would die.
I jumped right up when I saw her, But couldn’t think of a thing to say, So I just kicked her on the [...]

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 