He follows a cow Until nature calls Then rolls up her droppings In neat little balls. Did the other bugs think His parents were crude When they taught the young beetle To play with his food? I’ll be first to admit That his sculptures are neat But I will look elsewhere For something to eat. […]
Category: Poetry
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Consider the Tumble Bug
December 5th, 2025 — Consider...
Cancer Sticks
December 4th, 2025 — Quickies
She read that cigarettes Cause cancer in lab mice. She keeps hers in a mouse-proof box To protect them from her vice.
Noble Stroble
December 3rd, 2025 — Poems for Children
They were attacked by Knork the Nave Who strode the Gimble night and day; But Stroble with his glaunt and spear Had grumbled in to join the fray. She watched her hero’s glaunt shoot flame, Watched the brave and fearless Stroble. Could any Grumnlin be so brave? Gimble knew of none so noble. Now upon […]
Close Call
December 2nd, 2025 — Poems for Children
I got up early this morning; Today I would ride a horse! It would be my very first time; I knew of the dangers, of course. I chose a fiery white steed; I had carefully read in a book How to judge equine temperament By how its nose and eyes look. I approached with great […]
Tarzan
December 1st, 2025 — Quickies
I pity the chimpanzee, The day that Tarzan finds, It was he that put the grease On one of Tarzan’s vines.

