They were getting up in years, Their words were sometimes cross. Each accused the other Of a greater memory loss. One night she asked for ice cream With some chocolate syrup on top. She said, “Now don’t you dawdle You’ll forget it if you stop.” When the man at last returned, He had a breakfast […]
Entries from October 2025 ↓
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Confusion
October 11th, 2025 — Growing Older
Wholesale Cat
October 10th, 2025 — Poems for Children
Our cat got into a fight And completely lost her tail. It was the cat that my dad Had decided we should sell. Dad said now it sure looked like We would have to wholesale her. Because there is just no way We could ever retail her.
Little Donny Dragon
October 9th, 2025 — Poems for Children
My best friend is a dragon, Little Donny is his name. He isn’t very pretty But I like him all the same. Last Sunday, Little Donny Got kicked out of the choir. They said that when he’d sneezed It had set his robe on fire. Then yesterday at recess, He had a terrible fight. With […]
Ears
October 8th, 2025 — Poems for Children
That story of an elephant; I think it’s probably a lie, With ears that grew as big as wings So that the elephant could fly. I told Bob about the story, He always thinks that he’s so smart. He asked, “If big ears let you fly, Then just when do you plan to start?”
Bump
October 7th, 2025 — Poems for Children
Yesterday out on the road I came upon a little toad. Flattened there by car or truck A graphic marker of bad luck. There was no cross beside the road With vase of flowers for the toad. The road was hot, the tar like glue And other things were stuck there too. We asked the […]

