Poems

  • The Bear

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    The Bear My horse was walking by the creek, I rode without a care Nearly dozing off I was when out stepped that old bear Who might have meant no harm but he startled my old mare Who jumped and threw his rider until then unaware Well her rider, namely me, catapulted through the air…

  • Thanks, but No Thanks

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    The French were unhappy with the hangman’s nooseOne convict escaped because the noose was too loose Another so light that his neck didn’t breakHe fell to the ground but his death was a fake One poor sod writhed, coughing and chokingWhile sadistic onlookers sat laughing and joking Then came an efficient execution machineKnown to the…

  • Passing in the Night

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    We’ve been living together for many, many a yearSo communication between us should be very clear But today a comment made in innocent conversationTurned out to result in unexpected aggravation  That could have led to angry escalationAnd perhaps to mutual condemnation Suppose your wife spoke a different language than youYou were from New York City,…

  • A Trip

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    Pillage in the Village, the sign read, which led me to askIs that a poem? I addressed the person in the Nixon mask I received no replyfrom that girl or guyIs that really you?Or am I just high? It seemed fruitless to stand and pursue what seemed to be a monologueSo I considered my options,…

  • Getting On

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    To look at aging on the bright side Not thinking of the friends who’ve died Or of the sources of pleasure and joy  That I once had long ago as a boy I admit that my freedom is thereby reduced No recent record of hot women seduced There’s an upside of aging I have detected…

  • Poetry Path

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    So you think of poetry as an easy road to takeI caution you, it’s not a piece of cake Don’t fret on what your poems will be aboutPoems are on everything from apple trees to gout It’s not what you write about, it’s how you do that writingTechnical issues to deal with that may not…

  • C’est la Vie

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    When I was a schoolgirl we lived out of town on a lake And I rode into school on a bus I woke up early one morning so I’d have time to bake I sat on the bus next to Gus It was for Gus that I’d got up to bake that nice cake It…

  • Wha?

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    My ability to grasp this world has gone from bad to worseAfter learning that we live in an endless universe Infinity is just a word and not too clear to meMy own world is pretty much what you and I can see But now we know that all these things for which I dearly careAre…

  • My Coyote

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    I enjoy seeing a coyote here at the GlenBut just a few, not a pack of eight or ten If he’d be kind and gentle, I’d let that coyote inI’ll feed him well, some of them seem awfully thin I’ll bet he’ll let me pet him, rub his skinny tummyAre these the sentimental dreams of…

  • Opposable Thumbs

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    We were sitting around a table yakking over beerWhen Jim said accidents happen, that’s why we’re here You mean our car stalled in front of this bar?So we didn’t have to end up driving much too far? No dummy, he sneered, what I said was profoundWe’re pretty much just what mother nature found Ah, he’s…