Category: Poetry

Consider the ‘possum, About whom much is said. When life gets too tedious, Mrs. ‘Possum plays dead. She carries her children All around, in her pouch. When they kick and they fight, It has got to be OUCH! But when climbing in trees, And her four feet all fail, And most others would fall, She […]

Pastor Johnson caught up with him, While he was walking down the street, And he tapped him on the shoulder, “You’re just the man I hoped to meet.” “When you came to church on Christmas, I saw how much you loved to sing. So I would like to sign you up To join the service […]

Pedro wanted a bike as bad as he could want. The other boys all had one, as they were quick to taunt. He’d say a prayer each day at his grandma’s little shrine. “Dear Jesus, won’t you give me a bike that’s really mine?” He even wrote a letter and gave it to the priest. […]

Riding in Daddy’s motorbike, I think is kinda neat. I always get to sit up front And get a window seat.

I would like to send, to those in charge, A most important small petition. From time to time, I would like to end My sentence with a preposition. In the words of Winston Churchill, When he at last put down his foot, “That’s one rule of the English language, Up with which I will not […]