Humor

. . Freedom high school algebra class; May 12, 1993 . A breeze blows in; it wisps my hair, And...

. Excuse My Excuse An excuse—that’s a word to excuse at those times when I need a good ruse __which...

. God Made These Texas Summers The Summer’s come again To the vast Texas plain, Where touching any metal Can...

. The Pietà or Mickey Mouse? A book I’ve read depicts a boy Who’s searching for creative joy. His mind...

. Belling the Cat The mice called a council to try to defeat A troublesome cat who would ruthlessly eat...

. Aphorisms for a Foggy Morning No literary monuments exist without the word. A lord who lacks entitlements is patently...

. The Magic Casket 'Twas in the local funeral home __The miracle occurred, As ticking clock hands kissed at noon __And restless spirits...

. Mosquitoes God designed the darn mosquito, But the reason’s nothing we know. Seems their less than epic purpose Is...

. Gordon’s Soup One day old Arthur Vincent Knowling, Quit the couch to take up bowling, Grasped the fact at...

. Ghost in This House "I don’t mind staying in, there’s another ghost here. He sits down in your chair,...

. The Boy Who Cried Wolf Once there lived a shepherd boy who Despised his dull profession. His job was...

. Pick-up Truck Dude This dude in his old pick-up truck Sped recklessly, riding his luck. __He swerved ‘round the...

. Two Summer Villanelles . l. Lone Star Sear The burn and boil is grim for some. I’m red of...

. Curious Couplets . Goose Lady When driving through a blizzard, Marge Espied a goose, not over large. Determinedly it...

. Medieval Scam Letter Felicitations from the Holy Land, Where I, as sole survivor of a band Of mercenary soldiers...

. The Sky Within The rolling sea becomes a frothy lather When argent Sister Moon calls forth a tide And...

. The Tortoise and the Hare in limericks A tortoise and hare were a-talkin’. Said Hare: “Why, your slowness is...

. The Number 53: To His Coy Transport Had we but world enough and time, My coy and tardy 53,...

. Henry at Morning Time I’m lost in Greek or Latin, when You break into my life again. “Daddy, look!...

. Don't Mess with Texas Gals On My Late Life Wife . Don't mess with my hot Texan. She's Texas...

. The Number 44: The Cookery Class Now, this is a tale of a cookery class; It happened in Battersea...

. The Adventures of Verb At six, I had a dictionary Where I would meet a man named Verb, Superb...

. Fifth Glyph This glyph, in British talk, occurs most oft--- most common, too, writ down within our books. Twixt...

. Gnome A long-time fixture at our home Is Schnozz, our little garden gnome. This non-complaining happy chap Appears to...

. Come September a pantoum Ohio State’s your home come September, Though we'll be lonely, stuck as empty nesters. Our...

. Butterfly Habit Ungainly butterfly, Misdirected flight. Fascinating random, Unpredictable delight. To and fro… up and down And backwards if...

. On Second Thought When words fail, __perhaps it’s not the words at all, __but hobbled minds that cannot call...

. A Poetic Heretic’s Poetry Tips a villanelle inspired by Dr. Salemi's essay "Poetry As The Philosophers Stone" Don’t listen...

. Ode to the Turnip Oh, turnip! You’re a vegetable maligned, suggestive of a drunk’s empurpled nose. Baked, or boiled,...

. The Shortfalls of Empirical Knowledge Sorry, Iowa. Each night is different from all previous And therefore not the same...

. Why Children Like Nursery Rhymes A story to be told, a tale to tell Of things that do not...

. Salutations, Spring We sing your praises long before you’re due and after you’ve departed—all year long! You bring green...

. A Few Special Letters . The mother goddess The m’s the mother goddess of the letters: Her shape exemplifies the female...

. Growing Up . Starving Children in China If you don’t eat the food that’s on your plate ....I will,...

. The King of Ice Cream in reference to recent Biden comments here. The current White House resident Is more...

. Parque España, Mexico City I walked until I couldn't walk without at least alighting on a city bench, the...

. The Number 274: Timothy Pugh Now this is the story of Timothy Pugh Who woke up one morning in...

. The following is an excerpt of Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes, encompassing most of Chapters 1 through 8, including Don Quixote...

. The Tragedy of the p and the q . Lovers in eternity The p and q were two eternal...

. Avalon This little tale concerns a man, Who in an English village ran A thriving little corner shop, Supplying...