Category: Poetry

For our friends Andy and Nancy They’re selling their house and they’re moving away. We can’t let them leave us but what can we say? They’ve found a new house, now Cinderella will try it. If the cat doesn’t like it, they probably won’t buy it. All his friends knew it was just idle wishing […]

Sister has the best toys, She has so many more. That’s ’cause she is oldest I think she’s almost four. Bubba’s toys are neatest, I think they’re really cool. They must stay in his crib ‘Cause that’s my Mommy’s rule. I wish that I could talk. Then someone would be told That I need all […]

A policeman on surveillance Watched him stagger out of the bar. Watched him stumble across the street In search for where he’d parked his car. He watched him fumble with his keys… He’d nail him like a sitting duck. People began to leave the bar, Seven cars and a pickup truck But he had picked […]

I think it’s fun to play with food, But it makes my mommy mad. “Stop playing with your food,” she says, “Or I’m going to tell your dad!” Today I made a little mess On the ceiling, walls and floor. Mommy didn’t look too happy As she wiped food off the door. “What did you […]

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 […]