Humor

. Lines for Your Valentines Without you here, my life is like A broken pencil, simply pointless. And if you...

. Moments Matter When my daughter was just three __I took her to the zoo. She laughed and smiled and...

. Concerning Snow ---a conversation between Beauty and Necessity “Well, there you go again.” “What's that?” “Come now, don't act...

. Classic Case History Though I was blind, it wasn’t hard to see That blindness was a gift at least...

. . Sonnet 1 I felt like trying something new today, And so I put my pen upon a page...

. The Great Rub-off Norm and Zip, in mismatched chairs, __were sipping tea and talking, when Desi, their loyal hound,...

. Watch Out! Now, “The Three Little Pigs” is a tale More for cautioning than for amusing: Learn its lessons...

. Bollical Dogs I have a complaint! T.S. Eliot hogs All the fun with his stories of Jellicle Cats! So...

. A Freshman Pep Talk ---upon reading “Composers to Listen to While Studying,”by Andrew Benson Brown, in The Epoch Times,...

. Oh, the Days Oh, the days of poop and vomit! My best dress had drool upon it While I...

. Help! I Can’t Stop Speaking in Iambic! Help! I can’t stop speaking in iambic Pentameter! No matter what I...

. Christmas in Florida I watched him pass! St. Nick himself---Kris Kringle,Who hails from Buffalo, not the North Pole.He waved;...

. The Drift of Dark Days November is a time for us to grieve About the dying of the warmth...

. Fake Sales “Fifty Percent Off”The store signs all say,But I have to scoff---There is simply no wayThat the clothes...

. Celestial Potatoes Thanksgiving morning, poised I stand: near cutting board, honed knife in hand. My self-taught method must suffice:...

. Montana High School Reunion The big fella who grew up in Butte, Claimed his high school sweetheart was so...

. A Recruiter Tells It as It Isn’t Your World War One recruitment agent prays he finds you well. Your...

. Guy Fawkes Night Makeover November 5th! To Guy Fawkes let’s be kind--- no burning him in effigy this year....

. I. I travel thanks to water, But do not float or sail. More quickly than an otter And have...

. The Walk Whether you call it a walk or a run, some animals tread on the water for fun,...

. Their Principal Principle With their hideous lies and a gleam in their eyes They disable each new generation, For...

. Consequences of Following Advice Advice can come in snappy lines __That have a fun refrain: “Let a smile be...

. Not the Same Thing Anymore Of most who go to school these days __It sadly must be stated, No longer can they...

. Autumn Reversed Once snowflakes have recrystalized,__they rise from where they fell;in Earth’s alternate universe__it’s early winter’s knell. The frost unfreezes,...

. What Mother Goose Neglected to Mention . A Soup Spoon Reflects upon His Past So the dish ran away...

. Cutie Pie Cat The pink-nosed face of Prospero my cat, Pink nose and white fur face, is what he...

. The British Museum The best sources repeat it, unending, For the scholars in every lyceum: Many art works, of...

. Devotions Night after night, for nigh a year, When bedtime came, we’d watch our child Be overcome by his...

. Light Wave Heatwave When the temperature rises, a worker despises __The withering glare of the sun. When the sweat’s...

. Supply and Demand Infinite happiness isn’t available. Something so precious just isn’t that scalable. Boundless dismay, though, is much...

. Garden Party The sparrows near the feeder flit and preen While predators politely quit the scene. A mockingbird is...

. The Mannequins Are Melting The mannequins are melting as we speak Now that the summer heat wave's at its...

. Washington Assumes Command at Cambridge from Legends of Liberty, Volume 3 Devoted Billy Lee, a stalking fox, Observed his...

. Cold Blooded Murder It is a hot and muggy Sort of Texas day. Time to do my stalking And...

. Washington Departs from Mount Vernon from Legends of Liberty, Volume 3 “Wouldn’t you rather stay?” Watching her doveOf sixteen...

. It’s All Her Fault ---with a nod to Eleanor Brown's "Bitcherel" Why write in meter when penning a poem,...

. My Vacation Trip in Verse by James A. Tweedie One of the comments in response to the recent “On...

. Second Chances Just know that you’ve been staked a second chance At any time the future’s looking muddy. Put...

. The Small Commission When school yearbooks are thrust forth to be signed, We give out life advice. We speak...

. Washington and the Cherry Tree from Legends of Liberty, Volume 3 Young George chopped down his father’s cherry tree,...