Category: A Writer’s Life

A blackbird is the worst of singers, In concerts he cannot join in. He’s ridiculed at singing contests, With his harsh voice he cannot win. A maestro wished to help the bird And purchased a violin for him. The saddened blackbird soon found out, Chance of success with it was slim. A road of cobblestones […]

As I was talking to a friend One dark and stormy gloomy night, He asked if I had ever tried To write as funny as I might. I knew this had to be something That I should never try to do. But my friend was so insistent I sat and penned a line or two. […]

I have a neighbor I don’t like He messes up my hair. He never does it to my sis And I don’t think that’s fair. A friend said I should mess his up, “Turn about” is what it’s called. “I can’t do that,” I told my friend, “Because my neighbor’s head is bald!”

Do you know a famous poet? They are few and far between. Dead poets are the only Famous poets that I’ve seen. So don’t ask me if I’m famous, I hope I have a ways to go, ‘Cause dead poets are the only Famous poets that I know.

Writing your first book is so traumatic; Finding a publisher is the worst. I think I’ve solved the problem; I’m writing my second book first.