I wish I owned a candy store So if the grown-up that I hired Refused to give me nuts and stuff, I’d shout and tell him he was fired. If my big sister came to shop With a nickel and a penny When she asked to buy some candy, I would say, “I haven’t any”. [...]
Entries from September 2006 ↓
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Candy Store
September 30th, 2006 — Poems for Children
Semantics
September 23rd, 2006 — Poems for Grownups, Quickies
The policeman told the lawyer “That’s a stop sign, you failed to stop.” “But I slowed down, that’s just as good”, He sarcastically told the cop. The policeman took his nightstick And beat the lawyer good and sound. He asked the lawyer as he beat him, “Should I stop, or just slow down?”
Fiancée
September 20th, 2006 — Limericks, Quickies
My family is really a mess, I’ll be the first one to confess. The fiancée I had Got married to Dad And now she’s my mom, more or less!
Grandma Doesn’t Need Glasses
September 16th, 2006 — Growing Older, Quickies
All of us kids love Grandma, She has just turned ninety four. None of her friends can keep up With our Grandma anymore. She is always on the go And always at full throttle. She has no need for glasses. She drinks straight from bottle!
Law of Gravity
September 13th, 2006 — Poems for Children
“You can’t slide up a slide,” My grandma said to me, “Cause it’s against the law; The Law of Gravity.” I fell right off the top, Right down by my grandma. I learned a real good lesson. It hurts to break the Law!
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 