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?”
Would you like to add a verse to a Family Poet poem? Here's your chance to show off your own poetic wit! Wayne is inviting submissions of additional verses for the poem A Kangaroo Came Hopping By. Your verse should have four lines, and the second and fourth line must rhyme. Click the poem title for more information!
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 wayne@familypoet.com.
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