Category: Poetry

They told me the surely best way Of getting my very own puppy Is to ask for some other pet And not something small like a guppy. They said don’t ask for a kitten ‘Cause that could be a mistake. Tell Mom you can’t live without A really big monstrous pet snake. Get pictures of […]

At recess she was there again today In hopes that I would notice her bold flirt. Her looks were nice if you ignored the dirt, Her blue eyes beckoned me to come and play. But did I want to leave my other friends To play with this lone girl whom most thought strange? My recess […]

They watched the tiger in his cage, The small boy standing by his dad. “If he got out,” the father said, “It surely would be very bad!” “The sign says it’s a man-eater,” The little boy quietly said. “If the tiger was to eat you, Doesn’t that mean that you’d be dead?” The dad, pleased […]

“One of the ten commandments says Honor your father and mother. Is there a commandment that tells How to treat sister and brother?” When she asked her Sunday School class, The first to raise his hand was Will. Looking at his sister, he said, “The one that says, ‘Thou shall not kill!’ ”

“Be the first one up,” I tell the bird, “The advantages are great.” But my advice for the little worm, “I think it best that you sleep late!”