My neighbor woke me up at four.
He didn’t want to start a fight.
My dog was keeping him awake.
He said that it had barked all night.
I thanked him and hung up the phone
And lay there as my neighbor slept.
Revenge for such a thoughtless deed,
Is always sweeter when it’s kept.
The next night at just after four
I woke [...]
Entries from April 2007 ↓
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Not My Dog
April 20th, 2007 — Poems for Grownups
Butterfly
April 7th, 2007 — On a Serious Note, Quickies
When you look at the damage
That the caterpillar did,
To your beautiful plants, don’t cry.
He’ll pay for the damage in a week or so
With a beautiful butterfly.

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 