Today I did an awful thing.
I wished my little brother dead,
But I forgave myself bad thoughts
And just dumped water on his head!
Entries from June 2008 ↓
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I’m Getting Better
June 21st, 2008 — Poems for Children, Quickies
The Monster Did It
June 16th, 2008 — Poems for Children
A monster came by yesterday,
His sharp clawed hands between his knees.
He said that it would be real nice
If he could use our bathroom, please.
I showed him where our bathroom was,
‘Cause he was really in a hurry.
That he’d obey all of Mom’s rules,
I was much too scared to worry.
The wet spot on the bathroom floor
Must have [...]
Magic Hat
June 11th, 2008 — Poems for Children
I found a magic hat
While walking in the mall.
That is how I got so short,
Although I had been rather tall.
It said that I could wish for things
And they’d appear out of thin air,
And pile up on the hat’s broad brim;
But warned that I should wish with care.
At first I wished for little things,
A brand new [...]

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 