Sticks and Snails and Puppydog Tails
Georgie Porgie, puddin' and pie, Poked his girlfriend in the eye, Pulled her pigtail just for kicks. That's what boys do when they're six. - from Not Your Mother's Fairy Tales, #5 Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
Now It Can Be Told
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard, Forgetting just why she'd gone there. "What a loverly bone! I'll make soup of me own!" That's why the poor doggo had none! - from Not Your Mother's Nursery Rhymes, #4 Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
He Was a Good Egg
Humpty Dumpty sat on a tee And wondered what in the world it could be. The very last word That ever he heard Was "Fore!" and the yoke was on me! - from Not Your Mother's Nursery Rhymes - #3 Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Little Miss Muffet
Little Miss Muffet Looked for a tuffet To sit on while eating her whey. Gave her neighbor a buffet Who said to her, "Muffet, You must get yourself a buffet!" from Not Your Mother's Nursery Rhymes, #2 Sign in to see full entry.
Peter, You're a Pumpkin-Eater
Peter, you're a pumpkin-eater; You had a wife and couldn't keep her? You put your lovely wife Estelle Inside a goddam pumpkin shell??? Duh. - from Not Your Mother's Nursery Rhymes Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
On Self-Help Books
Self-help books are perfect for Clyde (A dork, it can't be denied!) His confidence feeding, Right now he is reading "Self-Esteem: The Complete Idiot's Guide". note: Thanks for the positives on the Titanic poem. I haven't posted in a while because life's been a little hectic, but there now seems to... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
The Picture Took My Breath Away - artist's picture of Titanic's iceberg
A tip revealed, but concealed is sheer enormity, a continent upended! Ice mountain upside down, its dim blue unsuspected bulk of underwater altitude reversed, poised above black unimagined depth, a fearsome mass of compact frozen menace. Overmatched, beautiful Titanic threw herself that cold... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Earthlings Never Keep It Simple
Not satisfied with mere results, With getting something done, Your basic Earthling will insist On doing it for fun! There's nothing business-like, for instance, In the way he mates: With candlelight and lots of foreplay Avidly he copulates. Nutrition's yet another thing. It's only fuel, it's true,... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, October 15, 2010
The Pneumatic Halloween - a limerick
Real pumpkins these days are so dated. All lawns seem to be dedicated To plasticky ghouls That lie there in pools. When night comes again, they're inflated. Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Mohonk View Farm in Winter
The 12-year boy shrugged mackinaw And crunched across the stubble field. A wedge of late and noisy geese Intent on getting out of here Took aim at the approaching dawn. Then stillness settled once again. He reached the pump outside the barn And clanked the iron handle till Cold water gushed in metal... Sign in to see full entry.