I had to remove MALL MICE because it may be published as a Kindle book.

I will let you know if that happens. :)

 

Common Sense

 

Katydids

As a rule won't

Do the things

Katydids don't,

But a rooster,

Right on cue,

Will always cock-a-doodle do!

The Gypsy Moon

 

The Gypsy Moon, who begs her Light,

Knows all about the Haunts of Night,

Beggared by her paupery,

She steals the Sun's gold solvency

Pawns it for a silvered mien

And thus pretends a Regent's reign.

 

But Sirius, who claims this right,

Who knows the Moon belongs to Night,

Will not be stilled ... he whispers "Thief!" -

She turns, in shame, to hide her grief.

 

 

 

I Meant To Bring Flowers ...

I meant to bring flowers,

I meant to each day,

I meant to in Springtime

When I passed your way,

I meant to in Summer

There were such a lot,

I meant to in Autumn,

But then ... I forgot.

And now it is Winter,

The fields are in snow

And nowhere and nowhere

A flower to grow.

The bud and the blossom

Have all blown away,

I waited too long

To bring flowers today.

DECISIONS! DECISIONS!

Eeny, meeny,
Miney, mo...
Should I write
In rhyme, or no?
Should I pen
Poems dark and deep,
Using words like
(bleep) <bleep> (bleep)?
Should I write
Like old time bards
That one finds
On greeting cards?
Or should I
Be sonnet-sweet
And sweep lovers
Off their feet?
Should I em-
ulate Ginsberg
And "howl" words
One should expurg-
Ate from the
Vocabulary?
Should I feel
It necessary
To be Bly
Or Ferlinghetti...
And write odes
On, say...spaghetti?
should i use
no caps in summings
up of words
like e.e.cummings?
It's so hard
To choose which way
I should write
My poem today,
But on looking
Back, my friend,
I am done!
(Thank God!)

THE END!

 

SPACE FOR RENT!

King Otto, the Naught

King Otto, the Naught,
Never does what he aught,
And he aughtn't do the things he does,
But the nuttiest thing
About this naught-y King
Is that Otto the Naught
Never was,
Never was,
No, Otto, the Naught,
Never was!