Category: Poetry

A preacher told me, “Go to Heck!” I told him, “That is so much bosh. Just why would I believe in Heck? I don’t even believe in Gosh!”

I lose a lot of sleep About commandments I can’t keep. I try to do the best I can. I’m glad he only gave us ten!

(For my granddaughter Aili Noel) She swung, and swung, and swung so high Until her silly swing broke loose. She went so high up in the sky She met a migrating goose. The goose was on his way down south And she was going that way too. So on, and on, and on down south […]

She told me that to ride a horse Was her favorite thing to do, So wonder why she got so mad I really do wish that I knew. I let her have the bestest horse And that was just for starters. She could have ridden all of them ‘Cause I had lots of quarters.  

The old priest had grown unhappy Adultery had become rampant. His confessional was busy So many wanted to repent. But their sin was oft repeated T here seemed a total lack of care. The priest told his parishioners Of growing feelings of despair. So the members had a meeting They would lighten the old priest’s […]