Monday, February 24, 2025

To A Siamese Cat written by Michael Joseph, published in 1930

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I shall walk in the sun above,  whose golden light you loved.  I shall sleep alone  and, stirring, touch an empty place.  I shall write unin...
Saturday, July 29, 2023

from Maggie Smith

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The Air Force Lament (Tune - The Battle Hymn of the Republic)

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Mine eyes have seen the days of men who ruled the fighting sky With hearts that laughed at death, who lived for nothing but to fly But now...
Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Late Fragment ― Raymond Carver, from the book A New Path to the Waterfall

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 And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so?  I did.  And what did you want?  To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on...
Monday, August 15, 2022

my sister got a kick out of the limericks I posted and made up a couple for fun and sent them to me

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Into the bathroom I go,  to greatly lighten my load I sat on the pot my guts hurting a lot "We're out of TP" I was told Shoppi...
Sunday, June 5, 2022

Dorothy Parker's 1st book was of 300 poems, here's one that's just stunning

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 The sun's gone dim and the moon's gone black For I loved him,  and he didn't love back

Dutch writer Gerard Nolst Trenité’s 1920 poem “The Chaos” is a polemic on the senselessness of English pronunciation

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Dearest creature in creation  Studying English pronunciation,  I will teach you in my verse   Sounds like corpse, corps, horse and worse. I...
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Friday, January 21, 2022

limericks quite unusual

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The limerick is furtive and mean; You must keep her in close quarantine, Or she sneaks to the slums And promptly becomes Disorderly, drunk a...
Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Rhymes for unrhymable words, by Willard R. Espy

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Month It is unth- inkable to find  A rhyme for month  Except this special kind.   Orange The four eng-  ineers  Wore orange  Brassieres....
Thursday, July 23, 2020

The Street Girl, and The End of the Line, written by Bonnie Parker, of Bonnie and Clyde fame

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You don't want to marry me honey,  Though just to hear you ask me is sweet;  If you did you'd regret it tomorrow For I'm on...
Tuesday, October 15, 2019

an impressionist

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Monday, October 7, 2019

James Brown was featured in a poem by Muhammad Ali (who decided (I love his enthusiasm) that he was the world's greatest poet, and also, that he was the king of all poets)

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Sunday, September 1, 2019

Gen George Patton's reincarnation poem "through a glass, and darkly"

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Through the travail of the ages, Midst the pomp and toil of war, I have fought and strove and perished Countless times upon this star. ...
Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Found on the Star Trek Next Generation, said by Data

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https://lolotehe.tumblr.com/post/186453436062/captainsblogsupplemental-oboe-youdidnt
Monday, July 8, 2019

For the Fallen, by Laurence Binyon Source: The London Times (1914)

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With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea.  Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of...
Thursday, September 6, 2018

some songs have had interesting lyrics too... like "Little Red Riding Hood" by Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs

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Who's that I see walkin' in these woods? Why, it's Little Red Riding Hood Hey there Little Red Riding Hood You sure are...
Thursday, August 30, 2018

flour sack underwear

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When I was just a maiden fair, Mama made our underwear; With many kids and Dad’s poor pay, We had no fancy lingerie. Monograms and fancy ...

Home Life Of Geniuses

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"A WOMAN ought to be careful who she marries," said Mr. Dooley. "So ought a man," said Yr. Hennessy, with feeling. ...
Thursday, June 21, 2018

The teacher asked for a 16 line poem, this is what this kid turned in…

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http://viralthings.tumblr.com/post/115916947554/the-teacher-asked-for-a-16-line-poem-this-is-what
Sunday, March 25, 2018

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Listen, O drop, give yourself up without regret, and in exchange gain the Ocean. Listen, O drop, bestow upon yourself this honor, and i...
Thursday, December 21, 2017

Lays of Ancient Rome

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Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate: "To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man d...
Thursday, December 14, 2017

roses are red

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Roses are red, that much is true,  but violets are purple,  not fucking blue. They are indeed purple,  But one thing you’ve missed: ...
Friday, November 24, 2017

Submarine Sailor, rest your oar

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Sailor, rest your oar When your final dive is made, and your battery's running low, You'll know there lies a boat for you many fa...
Thursday, September 28, 2017

Once you've learned to correctly pronounce every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world.

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Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. I w...
Monday, September 11, 2017

Famous Poems Rewritten as Limericks

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The Raven There once was a girl named Lenore And a bird and a bust and a door And a guy with depression And a whole lot of questions ...