Category: Poetry

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Driving Lessons

My mom thinks it is luck That she is still alive. But it was her idea To teach me how to drive. She said it would be fun ‘Cause what could be so hard? When she screamed, “Step on the brake!” I trashed the neighbor’s yard. Which one is the stupid brake? Two pedals sure […]

Creator

Two little wooden dolls lay drying, Side by side on a wooden table. One doll decided his name was Cain, The other doll had chosen Abel. Cain asked Abel, “How did we get here? I wonder how we came to evolve?” Abel said, that someone had made them, “That’s no difficult problem to solve.” But […]

Lose-A-Lot

My mother calls me Lose-A-Lot Because I lose a lot of stuff, She buys me two of everything Because just one is not enough. I lost my shoes and then my socks, My brand new shirt I left somewhere. Don’t ask me how but yesterday I even lost my underwear.

The Graduate

Well, I am going to graduate. The ceremony is tomorrow. The day that I’ve looked forward to With feelings mixed of joy and sorrow. My head is full of all I’ve learned My knowledge is complete. I’m ready to attack the world, I won’t accept defeat. I can accomplish anything, No goal can be too […]

Cry Baby

The family was quite large, The house was always cluttered. She’d birthed another baby, The backwoods husband muttered. It was this pastor’s duty To visit on occasion. His wife had accompanied him After lots of his persuasion. The old grandma asked them in; They inquired about the child. She said, “It’s another girl And my […]