Category: Poetry

My computer stopped working And I don’t know what to do! If I call up tech support, Will he send around a crew to help me download bluestacks? He tends to treat us teachers With such total disrespect He’s also quick to question Our computer intellect. One of my brighter students, Computer skills unabashed, Just […]

I tried to buy a ticket For a play that came to town, As it was a famous play Not a ticket could be found. I was just about to leave, When a stranger caught my arm. I thought he was a mugger Then I saw he meant no harm. He’d bought his wife a […]

A rub-a-dub-dub Twelve boys in a tub. Mom stuffed us in here For our weekly scrub. We scrubbed and we washed But have little hope Of getting real clean Someone lost the soap.

When I hear the policeman’s siren, Sometimes I have a hunch That the policeman’s in a hurry ‘Cause he’s heading home for lunch. And when his lights are flashing First red then blue then red. Perhaps his wife has sent him Out after milk and bread.

A blackbird is the worst of singers, In concerts he cannot join in. He’s ridiculed at singing contests, With his harsh voice he cannot win. A maestro wished to help the bird And purchased a violin for him. The saddened blackbird soon found out, Chance of success with it was slim. A road of cobblestones […]