Category: Poetry

I had climbed the highest mountain, Where I could hardly breathe the air, Just to find the man of wisdom, That someone told me lived up there. And I found him contemplating The many problems of the world. Before this great man of wisdom There was no secret left unfurled. When at last I asked […]

Aunt Sarah’s favorite magazine Had been The Saturday Evening Post. It told her how to plant a garden And how long to cook her Sunday roast. With it she treated her aches and pains And as for doctors, had no need. Any illness Aunt Sarah had, She treated from her monthly read. But there’s sad […]

I have a little stick horse That I like to ride about. It is the world’s best stick horse, I have very little doubt. I ride it in the kitchen And in every other room. But I must stop riding now Because Mother needs her broom!

It had been a most terrible day, The computers in Heaven were down. The mood of the angels was dreary, Even Peter was wearing a frown. The failure had been no mystery, All the saints knew the cause very well. It had been a satanic virus That was sent up from the depths of Hell, […]

Collie was a big white flower. She was beautiful but vain. She lived way back in the jungle Where there was lots of sun and rain. The white dress that nature gave her Had petals so big and bright. She wore it in the bright sunshine And folded it up neat at night. When others […]