Category: Poetry

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 […]

Everybody liked to tease Little Sam about his freckles; They liked to call him names Like Little Sammy Speckles. His Grandma saw him crying And asked why he was sad; He told her how the children Were teasing him so bad. She said, “I love your freckles. Each one’s a beauty spot. God loved you […]

My neighbor said she’d found a way Of getting her son out of bed, To get him up to go to school Had been like waking up the dead. Now he gets up at her first call, I asked her how she managed that. “He always sleeps with his big dog I just throw in […]

“My wife has changed me, “said the man. “I no longer have bad habits. I go to church every Sunday When before I hunted rabbits.” “She taught me how to dress real neat. And taught me music I should like. She taught me to enjoy fine arts And made me sell my motor bike.” “Now […]

He said he was going to count his blessings And take responsibility for his actions. His wife said, “You can’t count your blessings. You never were too good at fractions.”