Category: Poetry

My wife’s getting hard of hearing, I really have to let her know. When you are getting old, like her, Your hearing’s often first to go. She also mumbles when she talks Just like that deaf girl on TV. But when I try to let her know, She says the one that’s deaf is me. […]

Oh it was to be such a lovely cruise, We could hardly wait since we got the news. The letter had come several weeks before, When the mailman had left it stuck on our door. We didn’t have glasses to read the small print But the brochure with pictures sure gave us a hint. It […]

He seemed a nice and friendly man When first I went into his store. I saw a list of flavors there And said, “Don’t you have any more?” He asked, “What flavors do you want?” And claimed that he had quite a few. “I have a brand new peppermint, Pistachio and honey dew.” “I have […]

Us little kids all need lawyers, Especially when it’s time for bed. One to negotiate the terms; How many stories to be read. ‘Cause if I had a good lawyer, I could stay up late at night. I’m always first to go to bed And I am sure that isn’t right. Some nights I try […]

Yesterday I saw some ravens Chase an eagle through the sky. To explain why eagles flee from ravens I don’t intend to try. Today I saw two scissortails Attack a raven on the go. What goes around comes around Even for a crow.