Category: Poetry

I said, “That’s a pretty girl you have.” She said, “You’re talking about my son.” I thought some flattery in order To correct the faux pas I had done. I said, “His mother! But you’re so young! You surely mean that he’s your brother?” She said, “Apology’s accepted But I’m his dad, I’m not his […]

“There’s a whole lot of men,” She told her boyfriend Harry, “Who will be miserable On the day that I marry.” “Do you really think so?” Asked her boyfriend Harry. “And just how many men Do you intend to marry?”

I wish I owned a candy store So if the grown-up that I hired Refused to give me nuts and stuff, I’d shout and tell him he was fired. If my big sister came to shop With a nickel and a penny When she asked to buy some candy, I would say, “I haven’t any”. […]

Now I can jump And I can fly. I can almost Reach to the sky. Ol’ Superman’s Not good as me, From gravity I’ve been set free. I know that I Can outrun Mike Even riding His brother’s bike. They must have cost Lots of pennies; Mommy bought me BRAND NEW TENNIES! When you read […]

The young girl asked her father “Why do you always bow your head Right before you begin to preach, While the scripture is being read?” “I ask God for a good sermon, That’s something that I always do.” “If you ask for a good sermon, Why doesn’t he give one to you?”