Entries from September 2023 ↓

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My Calendar

My calendar Is no more good, Said Miss Sally Underwood. I lent it to Young Tommy Gates, That silly kid Ate all the dates. January He ate at noon, And burped quite loud When he ate June. February What a treat. Its taste, he said, Could not be beat. March and August, Made him sick […]

Did I Mean That?

My teacher taught me how to write But didn’t teach me how to read. I made a note of things to get But now I can’t read what I need. If I could read the things I wrote Then I would know the things I knew. I might not like the things I said In […]

Jenny Rose Lee

I love Jenny Rose Lee. And though she has braces, And lumps in wrong places, I know she’s the right girl for me. I love Jenny Rose Lee. The braces don’t matter And what if she’s fatter, I know she’s the right girl for me. I love Jenny Rose Lee, With freckles too many But […]

Piece of Cake

I won’t open our ‘frigerator, Not even on a double-dog-dare! ‘Cause Sissy told me there’s a monster Who just now moved his family there. They can eat all the beans and spinach, I told Sissy that I wouldn’t care. But they best not eat the piece of cake That Sissy told me to hide in […]

Wildflowers

I saw it on the television… Wild animals can be dangerous! There is no end of terrible things That wild animals can do to us. Now I am afraid to play outside… Call me a fraidycat, I don’t care. But I heard Mommy telling Daddy, That there are wildflowers everywhere!