Limerick Friday #3

Mark and Brian had no cup for their julep recipe
Stanley had the cup but charged a fee
They said: what’s this, man
We just gave you a full ham!?
Capitalism’s a pain when there’s a monopoly.

Thursday April 29, 2010

If we had been less observant,
You wouldn’t have heard of me.
Our palms wouldn’t have
Clasped together;
Our lips
Never met.

You could have gone off to Europe
On a submarine.
I could’ve eaten like a miller
And still felt hollow.

It took active vision
To see the flash that sparked our love.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Sandra’s got her derby hat
Jesse’s jealous of that.
Name like a criminal,
What do you expect?

Put Aunt Cloe in the psychic ward
And she’ll tell you about infinity.
I have 31 centsto hoard
Will she call me miserly?

I got a scoop on Sandra tonight.
Maybe I’ll swoop in, too:
Catch a flight on the cape wind
And whisper stories that are new.
I could tell her about an ark - an aardvark on the sea -
It all might work
If she hadn’t always been a wildcat to me.

Tuesday April 27, 2010

A walk on the delta
Reveals deep water
Extending past the horizon.

You stroke
Your mustache.

If your face were a book,
Would you read it?

Wonder if this is
Privacy.

Case of the Mondays

A funk like
Refried beans
Immigrates from down under -
From before the weekend -
To my Monday.
I’m still inventing
The prototype of happiness,
But I always come up
With some
Lame gizmodo; imperfect conditions.
Perhaps Mondays should lean
Toward international news,
As long as there’s universal coverage
I’ll support
Brazilian prescriptions of sex.

Limerick Friday #2

Shannon needed some storage from which to swill
After a night of dancing it resembled an oil spill
Someone should tell ‘er
It won’t matter to Kevin Keller
In fact, only an iphone will.

Poem for Earth Day 2010

OK, C me here,
facebook.
You might think
I dream
I trade
I raid, but
YouFarkle.

This is not a game,
Not a tournament.
You might get moody
When it doesn’t go your way.
Relax, feel the draft,
Understand
It’s Earth Day.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

He pulled a crisp, new $100 bill
From his cargo shorts.
Time to rig up an explosion;
Make a statement to society.
(Like smiley Bob on the TV)
He will be one of the flyers;
He will join the champion’s league.
Finally able to afford
Gold man sacks!
What Glee!

But popularity did not dawn.
The big city did not call.
He was stuck in the woods.

Wells, (that’s how) far (some will) go
To stay
A miserable failure.

April 20, Haiku

NFL oh-ten
Asymmetrical haircuts
Internet: kick-ass.

Monday April 19, 2010

A victorious weekend continues today
For a Kenyan runner in the city of a tea party
But the Boston Marathon is outpaced
By Busch making history at Texas Speedway.
Also with “W”s in the books:
Portland Trailblazers took
A victory over Phoenix and to Game 2 they will look,
Also the Timbers proving Portland isn’t a forgotten nook.
But still on Twitter, you all know,
Justin Bieber still steals the show.

Limerick Friday

A band comprised of Paul, Son & Co.
Scheduled a tour in Europe but could not go.
So they had a tea party,
Invited a Steeler and acted naughty
So Justin Bieber stole the show.

Rhymes for Tax Day 2010

A first post for a blog all mine,
In which I comment, contextualize (and link)
And make daily rhymes for our times
And hopefully make you chuckle or think.
Or bookmark.
So I can make a mark on this internet
That links us immediately, yet intermittently.


I’m not the first to attempt such a project:
Poetfolio.com in a book by Jess Walter
But his character tried and tragically faltered,
Gov. Arnold included an acrostic in a letter,
Honestly, I’m not sure I can do better.
It might be best to find some Collins
(Billy, not Phil) or another laureate.
But if you stick with me, you might find fire in the sky
Volcanoes on ice lands that wipe out rock bands,
Or free coffee on tax day.