Humor

  Pacific Trash Vortex I don’t care about chemical sludges, I don’t care about plastic debris, the Pacific trash vortex...

By Evan Mantyk I. I’m thinner than most cars you see, I do not guzzle as much gas, And if...

  So Far, So Good One friend fears his father’s Alzheimer fate, another prepares herself for the end while her...

  Hiding My Glee (Rondeau) Hiding my glee, lest my spouse see the merriment mulling in me. I’ll deftly deflect...

  Aleppo By Cid Wa'eeb El Sur We will drain it dry as hay. Peace shall neither night nor day...

  A Bear in My Living Room While playing some computer games One day, I heard a noise out in...

Growing Up So lucky they used to say, and it was when it was rare. But now there’s way too...

There was a king who sought to enter Law, for as he noshed a cone of Rocky Road, the Emperor...

A Rhyme Crime An old man once curtly said, "I wouldn't give a dime for poetry that has rhyme." A...

  Paean to “ODE TO JOY”* I heard the “Ode to Joy” today, ten thousand times at least. I could...

My Mirror Grinned (Rondeau) My mirror grinned at my first grey. With rearing youth, it’s my first fray. Disturbed, with...

  Gathering like large and lazy vultures they asked me, on my travels, where I’m from — my origins, religion...

Will Power When God asked Solomon one day     What his heart did most desire, The man said if he had...

  Ice I open my golden flowing fins,     I dance beneath the ice, I dip and twirl and pose and...

Old age recycles the body An infant once pink turns blue Nature recalls with rapid speed To complete life’s circle...

Petals in the Winter Three petals on a lily like the snow were held aloft And though the wind through...

This dieting can be Hell With nary a late-night snack I wage a constant battle When the hunger pangs attack...

Related Content 'Trump' Presidential Prophecy Poem by Nostradamus Donald Trump (A Clerihew*) Donald “The Donald” Trump Surprisingly took to the...

No one can hate you like a former spouse. It sounds like a country-western song, I know, but no one...

  So to Speak My teen-aged son talks not as I do; I cannot teach him, yet I try to....

To some the world revolves around them, And nothing else can matter. They’ll do anything to reach that end, Including...

Go Forth, Graduates! To all you graduates, fare well! This world is yours today. Don’t follow the masses who sell...

  If anything I could choose to be, certainly the pig I would choose; with an oink and a roll...

  1.  The Man There’s a little village up north,     yet untouched by modern strains, Where plain folk in stilted...

Unripe Deceived are we by the state of the skin, when overly reliant on our eyes. Of greater concern is...

Dear George, If only you were living at this hour, Day, week, month, year. These times are newly strange— Hilarious,...

 After Phoebe Cary, after Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.      Tell me not, in scolding shouts,     Education is an empty dream, For...

Roly-Poly Talking on the telephone, a mother missed her baby Wait a sec, I’ll go and check And call you...

  A Fifteen-Year-Old's Response to Frost "This 'pome' don't make NO sense! What junk!" the scowling students muttered. "Two roads...

1.) The prankster's favorite home decor, Clockwise or counter, the choice is yours. Never eaten, found in bowls. Around I...

  They tweet like a bird, have books of your face, and Kindle who? I can hardly remember which TV...

Igor at the Kitchen Sink By Alecsei Durbew I saw him washing dishes at the sink. He stood against the...

Models for Configuring Friendship A knight for whom the Grail is wholly you; the one who greets you sans your...

Squinters The curious the contemplators the ones who concentrate on the littlest details. The most beautiful thing about them is...

ATLASUSA “Material of this sort is best read aloud.” – Frank Fortky The postal gurus are creative and clever. Our...

The band struck up for the comical clowns! They all sported wigs, red noses, and frowns And from painted mouths...

A news report here provides some background on China Radio Like Radio Free Europe, Which popped the wax Plugs from...

Beneath the Mask Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he...

When You Have Reached the Bottom By R. Lee Ubicwedas When you have hit rock bottom, you have nothing left...

  Political Banter Once again it’s that time of year, When political banter seems the rage. When otherwise normal people,...