I picked a stickery flower From a stickery thistle. Now if I were a grown-up, I’d shake my hand and whistle. There are so many stickers That my hand is turning red. Since I haven’t learned to whistle, I guess that I’ll just cry instead.
Entries from October 2008 ↓
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I’ll Just Cry Instead
October 11th, 2008 — A Writer's Life
A Kangaroo Came Hopping By
October 7th, 2008 — Collaborative Poetry, Poems for Children
A kangaroo came hopping by, A heading for the zoo. I said, “Let me get my pogo stick; I’ll hop along with you.” A kangaroo came hopping by, Singing an Outback song. I said, “Let me get my new song book, And I will sing along.” A kangaroo came hopping by, Eating an ice cream [...]
Turn About’s Fair Play
October 3rd, 2008 — A Writer's Life
I have a neighbor I don’t like He messes up my hair. He never does it to my sis And I don’t think that’s fair. A friend said I should mess his up, “Turn about” is what it’s called. “I can’t do that,” I told my friend, “Because my neighbor’s head is bald!”
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 