Category: Poetry

I hit he. Knocked him down, Skinned his knee. Now he mad, As can be. If he asks No see me, Hiding here Up in tree.

He’s gotten old and grouchy Kids get him all uptight. He says he does love kids As long as they’re kept out of sight. He read a book one night “Childproof your house”, it said. He read how to do it As he lay there in bed. Now he’s childproofed his house; He says that […]

Burt and Pete were on a sales trip When their old car had broken down. They were way out in the boondocks, Not close to any kind of town. They walked to a well-kept farmhouse Near the place where they were stranded. You’ll have to sleep out in the barn, The young widow had demanded. […]

I love my baby brother But sometimes he’s a pain. He drools and kicks and wets Like someone that’s insane. When he wants attention, He throws a crying fit. Even when I’m busy, He doesn’t care a bit. When he throws his bottle, That Mom says make him drink, I’d need at least ten helpers, […]

A sestina is a special type of poem. The first six stanzas have six lines each, and the lines end in the same six words, but in a different order in each stanza. In the final stanza are three lines, each containing two of the words. Making a rhyming sestina adds a little more to […]