Entries from August 2024 ↓

Last night I wrote a poem But the words just didn’t fit, With syllables too many And the meter off a bit. A participle dangled And an adjective displaced, The metaphor intended No longer could be traced. The grammar was atrocious And the similes a crime. I am very proud of it Because I made […]

They were looking at their group picture, The first grade class of Mrs. Sotos. They were guessing what each would become As they gathered around the photos. “Look, there’s Sally”, one of them said, “She’ll probably be a movie star”. “And there’s Albert”, somebody else said, I bet that he’ll own his own race car”. […]

A man must have invented it, That diabolical machine. The cold unfeeling mammogram Made to mutilate and demean. Would men be so smug and happy If they too had to stuff and cram Their most sensitive tender parts In a woman invented man-o-gram?

Young Cheetah swung Out on a vine, In search of fruit On which to dine. Had the vine been Somewhat stronger, I could have made This poem longer.

The farmer heard that Sears Was the cheapest place to buy, So he thought that just this once He’d give their store a try. He needed toilet paper So he wrote to ask their price. He said he’d heard how cheap they were And that their quality was nice. They sent him back a catalog […]