Humor

  Their Words, My Fault Folks rage at me and vent, For having in my head, Instead of what they...

  It Never Lies! The camera tells a candid tale--- _they say it never lies; it makes your crows’ feet...

  I. My cousin has a fuzzy head _But I am bald instead. I cannot give your hand a shake...

  May a Smile Be Your Umbrella May a smile be your umbrella And the wind blow you away. May...

  Flexibility This morning when I was pursuing Just one of my many routines, My son asked why I wasn’t...

  Big Cat Dance In my home state of Michigan _They rip up all the roads To vex the heart...

  A Potpourri of Aphoristic Verses   Confronted with the truth, some will embrace it, While others, sadly, will refuse...

  Chaucer Announces His Desire to Retire Whan that passing years and Father Time’s made difficulty in my finding sounds…...

  Advantages of Restaurants Food quality has dropped, Price rises have not stopped, Selections are decreased, Most portions aren’t a...

  Act III The signs suggested that my time was short, To which I gave a disbelieving snort. My future...

  Song of the Frog Princess —a fairytale love song Whisk me away to an old fashioned dance where old...

  Deliverance Upon the bank, this waters wave, _And beckon you, "Come wade." You step into the chilly stream _And...

  The Royal Arse Hortillery Behold the English army as it marches off to war, Where the musket balls do...

  Impressions How often are impressions deemed profound, Accepted fully, carried all around, And stated with assertive satisfaction, From merely...

  Shave Off Those Whiskers _I do not understand Why some men don’t shave their whiskers. _A beard or a...

  My Pyjamas! My jamas have lemurs and llamas, A rude cockatoo and a yak, Cerulean shrews and iguanas All...

  Two Fateful American Coin Flips   Asa Lovejoy, Francis Pettigrew & The Portland Penny We settled on the banks...

  Pouting Polly Polly Esther finds her vesture positively snoring. Even worse, her purse looks like a tile of kitchen...

  The Bird with the Ugly Voice I kept a bird whose song was harsh and coarse, A jarring cry,...

  An Englishman to World Cups Past That 1966 World Cup _is but a memory, awarded, so the Scotsmen claim,...

  Faux Pas after Don Paterson When I decanted red, not white, and she called me a fool I bit...

  Mothiavelli I’m thirsty for the fever of her kiss--- The neon sear---the lethal lick she brings. I burn to...

  Three Kittens Went to Kitten-Garten Three kittens in kitten-garten. Whose teacher was a dog. They had to write their...

  Chaucer's Medieval Hangover Advice and Cure If you should quaff nocturnally too much, and waking, find your mouth’s a...

  Spontaneous Conjugal Combustion ---a villanelle He simply couldn't turn the other cheek On ceaseless babble drowning out the game....

  Hamlet's Lawyer Will Shakespeare? Here. These papers are for you. Aye, open them. A summons and complaint! Don’t grumble,...

  À la Carte A crouton on a flaccid salad, Your dinner date adds texture to An otherwise anemic toss,...

  The Cautionary Tale of Phone Addicted Mimi A girl called Mimi thought it best to give her active brain...

  Waiting for the Perfect Man A woman waiting for the perfect man, though she was far from perfect, had...

  Have a Nice Week! I wish you a wonderful week! May Monday go smoothly and sleek, And Tuesday productive...

  The Cover-up Everything went smoothly on the morning that we launched __And headed off to make our flight through...

  Interdisciplinary Indiscipline A lifetime ago, back in seventh-grade band, “The Bullwhip” had all us kids pledge to expand Our...

  How Septuagenarian’s Cope Past seventy. Age does prevail. _The day is growing dim. I’ve managed through life’s calms and...

  Snow Foe I’m rather certain snow falls for a reason, Like adding charm to wintertime’s cold season. But after...

  The Sun The sun’s so conscientious She gives us every dawn--- Her rays across the treetops And then across...

  Sough I learned a new word, “sough,” today. _I think it’s quite poetic. Although it’s quirky in a way...

  Montaigne and Us He holed up in his tower of stone, alone, Sickened by what he saw had overcome...

  Mice and Midges Please remove your shoes of leather During this inclement weather. Also boots with deepest ridges, Full...

Listen, Wishin' Star Listen, you cotton pickin’ Wishin’ Star, I know how far up in the sky you are. I...

  A Fishing Tale ---24 November 2025 Young Jeffrey oft went fishing with his dad Sometimes for perch but oftener...