No matter how hard you try You can’t fly a rock. And even if you huff and puff You can’t blow up a sock. Our second to youngest granddaughter, Ariel, made this startling observation, for a five year old, that no matter how hard you try, you can’t blow up a sock. Since this is […]
Category: Quickies
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You Can’t Blow Up a Sock
September 7th, 2025 — Poems for Children, Quickies
Fortune Teller
September 5th, 2025 — Quickies
My mother can tell my future with cards And no one I tell really believes it. One look at my report card and she tells me What Daddy will do when he sees it.
Broken Bone
August 29th, 2025 — Life with Children, Quickies
She answered the doctor’s question With her little girl’s dimpled charm. “Is this the first bone you ever broke?†“No, I broke my sister’s arm!â€
The End Signs
August 25th, 2025 — Church Humor, Quickies
The two priests both stood waving their signs. Each sign read, “BEWARE THE END IS NEAR!” Drivers sped by with little notice, Without a sign of concern or fear. Then one priest said to the other one, “They don’t notice even when we shout. Do you think that it would be clearer, If the signs […]
Kangaroo Mother
August 15th, 2025 — Poems for Children, Quickies
I asked a kangaroo mother Why she hates a rainy day, She said because her babies Have to stay inside and play.

