I'm not into poetry, but doggerel humor does amuse and intrigue me. Where else can one find complete short stories, with surprise endings, in just a few lines of text?
My poetry is nonsense
And full of frivolities;
People may say I'm lacking
In my mental faculties!
--Those who disagree with me
It isn't the meter,
It isn't the rime,
It's only ideas
Short of which I'm!
--Robertr G. Peck, Jr.
SWEETEST GUY
He's demanding, that's true,
Unpredictable too.
He's a rascal (knows that he's handsome)
And is bold, yet shy.
He's the sweetest little guy.
He's four, and I love him....my grandson!
--Liz Smith
TWO FOR THE MONEY...
A dashing young fellow named Joe
Has lost all his happy glow;
He used to be sunny
And had plenty of money,
But that was two blondes ago!
--Ft. Belvoir Castle
PER VERSE
She's in mink
And looks divine;
I'm in serge
And simply shine!
--Pensacola Gasport
DIFFERENT PATHS
Jim blew his money, loafed and shirked;
John planned and saved, worked and worked.
So Jim never attained success,
While John toiled on with strain and stress --
And never made it either!
--Berton Braley
FOUR-EYED GLAMOUR
Women respect the male sex,
If and when they wear specs,
'Cause girls can never make asses
Of boys who wear glasses!
--Earl Wilson
HEAVEN SCENT
I don't like skunks
And won't until
Skunks start using
Chlorophyll!
--/Zany Janey
RECOGNITION
I haven't any ankles;
I haven[t any feet.
I'm just a little earthworm
One long hunk of meat!
--Anon
DIETWISE
How fat she are.
She used to wasn't.
The reason is
She daily doesn't!
--Anon
JACK & JILL UPDATE
Jack and Jill went up the hill -
They each had a dollar and a quarter -
Jill cam down
With half a crown....
They evidently didn't go up for water!
--Wilbur Smith in "The Eye of the Tiger"
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Asters are red,
Delphiniums blue;
Cold in the head...
September flu.
I'll be in bed
A day or two...
Adieu - Achoo!
--Sal Hep
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