Tag Archives: Poetry

It’s Not About Doing It Right… It’s About Adapting!

There once was a criminal crew

Who knew precisely what to do.

They went on a heist

And their planning sufficed

And the film got an awful review.

Leave a comment

Filed under Poems

Jacques Strap? (Comment A Better Title… I Dare You)

They called me “french-fry fingers”

‘Cause I’m just that bad at bowling.

See, oil gets all over the ball

After it starts a rolling.

Then it hits the bowling pins

And knocks down one or two.

Emotionally salty, physically oily,

And that’s why. Comprenez-vous?

Leave a comment

Filed under Poems

What, You Expected A Point?

If a “house plant” is a thing

A “home tree” should be too,

As should a “duplex flower”

And “skyscraper bamboo.”

But perhaps my favorite combo

(The others are still great though)

Is either “Airbnb broccoli”

Or else “hovel tomato”.

1 Comment

Filed under Poems

On “Inciting Incidents”(Bonus Points If It Involves A Historical Artifact)

It doesn’t require much talent to be famous.

There really is near nothing to it

As long as you don’t care what they name us

And don’t care if you need to live through it.

Leave a comment

Filed under Poems

Still Better Than The Crap You Read In High School

I was sick of using imagination

So I Googled “Poetry Inspiration”.

The website said “Write a poem about

“Blue sand and red crabs.”

Thus: Two crabs, clad in vermillion

Brought in cash about a million

And they bought the really good stuff

That they make in science labs.

They cut it with their claws

And broke like fifty laws

But by the end their point of view

Was “Drugs are good and sand is blue”.

Leave a comment

Filed under Poems

The Dead Sea Scrolls Revealed!

In the Bible, there’s a gap

Of 18 years or thereabout

Between when Jesus was a boy

And when he’d grown all out.

I think he used those missing years

As an omnipotent adolescent

To turn the oceans into wine

Both still and effervescent.

Leave a comment

Filed under Poems

It’s All The Rage In The Middle East These Days!

I saw a survey at a shop

That made me pause, then fully stop.

It asked “What flavor would you want

“To drink here in our restaurant?”

I think they wanted “Pumpkin spice”,

“Caramel pecan”, or something nice.

I wrote “The blood of politicians

“Collected via millions of small incisions.”

Leave a comment

Filed under Poems

Gotta Bring Back The Traditions!

A month has past since wedded bliss

And yet again it comes to this:

It’s long past my correct bed time

So I give you a four line poem and a rhyme.

Leave a comment

Filed under Poems

Why I Love Asian Food

I was warming a bowl of alphabet soup

‘Cause I’m a grown up, and I can

When I looked down and wondered aloud

“Why’s there so much broth in my pan?”

Now I could add noodles and call it a day

But I felt, toward that fix, an aversion,

So instead I went shopping for a new can

And this time got the Japanese version.

Leave a comment

Filed under Poems

When It’s November 1st And You’re On Your Lunch Break But Have To Keep A Promise To Your 16-Year-Old Self

Hello Dear Reader!

I am back!

A ring I have

But ideas I lack.

My skills have not grown

But my mind is rested

And in this endeavor

I am reinvested.

I hope my poems

Inspire laughter

And bring you joy

During and after

Your car breaks down

Or your pet dies

Or you pay too much

For disappointing fries.

With all that said

Adjourn I must

For I need more sheets

That say “In God We Trust”.

1 Comment

Filed under Poems