“Someone’s going to get a spanking,” Is what my Daddy said As he looked at my report card, While he tucked me into bed. “Just look at that old ‘D’, It’s such an ugly letter. Someone’s going to get a spanking If someone doesn’t make it better.” Tomorrow I’ll have to tell my teacher, “Don’t […]
Entries from August 2025 ↓
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Someone’s Going to Get a Spanking
August 31st, 2025 — Poems for Children
Church
August 30th, 2025 — Church Humor
It’s my favorite place to be Where I can hear the Word of God And listen to the preacher tell Where Bible men have lived and trod. To hear about commandments ten And learn by heart the Golden Rule; To sing the songs that I had learned, In younger days, in Sunday school. Old songs […]
Broken Bone
August 29th, 2025 — Life with Children, Quickies
She answered the doctor’s question With her little girl’s dimpled charm. “Is this the first bone you ever broke?†“No, I broke my sister’s arm!â€
They Call the Wind Josiah
August 28th, 2025 — Special Poems
How can one write a poem About someone named Josiah? They used the only word that rhymes When they named the wind Mariah. Bev says he doesn’t like it But he doesn’t have a say, It will be an easier poem to write If I just call him Jay. Columbus discovered America Way back in […]
The Mosley
August 27th, 2025 — Poems for Children
I came upon a Mosley As I played outside today. I guess I should have left it On the grass right where it lay. But I heard some grown-ups say (And grownups are s’posed to know) That if you wet a Mosley It is fun to watch it grow. So I got me a bucket […]

