Category: Poetry

My mother’s an angel; Just how do I know? It has to be true, Because Grandpa said so. If she is an angel, Just where are her wings? All angels have them, Among other things. When I asked my grandpa, He laughed and then said, “They’re hidden, like the eyes In the back of her […]

Harry Smith had a big pet rock That he took everywhere with him. He kept it in his fanny pack, He even named his pet rock “Jim”. Now Harry found a boat, one day, And took Jim for a row-about. They hit a stump out on the lake And Jim and Harry both fell out. […]

Might not we be wrong, conceited at least, When we name somebody Miss Universe? What’s pretty on Earth might not be on Mars And on Venus she could look even worse! The beauty we see in dimples and curves, On Pluto might be thought of as ugly. The guys on Saturn, might not they prefer […]

Little Bo Peep lost all her sheep With a note no bank would carry. She kept one lamb That she called Sam And she gave it to Mary.

She said, “The neighbors’ dogs Are driving me crazy. Don’t they hear them barking, Or are they just lazy?” “Don’t they know their two dogs, In their yard, bark all night?” Then she said, getting up, “They’re asking for a fight.” The dogs were still barking As she got back in bed. “I guess that […]