Entries from March 2024 ↓

He’s gotten old and grouchy Kids get him all uptight. He says he does love kids As long as they’re kept out of sight. He read a book one night “Childproof your house”, it said. He read how to do it As he lay there in bed. Now he’s childproofed his house; He says that […]

Burt and Pete were on a sales trip When their old car had broken down. They were way out in the boondocks, Not close to any kind of town. They walked to a well-kept farmhouse Near the place where they were stranded. You’ll have to sleep out in the barn, The young widow had demanded. […]

I love my baby brother But sometimes he’s a pain. He drools and kicks and wets Like someone that’s insane. When he wants attention, He throws a crying fit. Even when I’m busy, He doesn’t care a bit. When he throws his bottle, That Mom says make him drink, I’d need at least ten helpers, […]

A sestina is a special type of poem. The first six stanzas have six lines each, and the lines end in the same six words, but in a different order in each stanza. In the final stanza are three lines, each containing two of the words. Making a rhyming sestina adds a little more to […]

Everybody liked to tease Little Sam about his freckles; They liked to call him names Like Little Sammy Speckles. His Grandma saw him crying And asked why he was sad; He told her how the children Were teasing him so bad. She said, “I love your freckles. Each one’s a beauty spot. God loved you […]