This was a project I did basically during the pandemic. I started writing a poem a day. Once ‘real life’ started again it got harder to write everyday, which is interesting.
I have started to edit some of these mostly the kids poetry. I think there might be enough here for a book. We shall see.
I make no claim that much of this is “good” poetry. But I do make the claim that I loved doing it and I learned something and some of it makes me cry.
let joy abound!
these past few days
the words were done
I sat to write
but could find none
three days off
that is alot
the most in years
my streak was hot
now gone cold
I start anew
find clear paths
put on fresh shoes
where I walk
I have no clue
hold out hope
for a word zoo
remember that
this should be fun
make me laugh
not weigh a ton
I want, I hope
to improve
can’t do that
without this groove
so here I am
more silly words
join the crazy
chirping birds
yell real loud
dance around
you’ve got this day
let joy abound!
you fine dancer
twist and turn and spin around
go so fast you might fall down
stop and see the world a blur
celebrate! you fine dancer!
the rhyme hog
a slog, a bog
croaking like a frog
a smog, like fog
after a glass of grog
take
a jog
trip over that there log
hear
a dog
more stuff to catalog
no more, all done
we’ve reached the epilogue
work week’s done
time to laugh
have some fun
be with friends
the work week’s done
tell a joke
spread good cheer
smile wide
the weekend’s here
soon we yell YAY!
today
more gray
let’s pray
it gives way
soon we yell YAY!
when the sun comes to play!!
sound around town
Does your dog
bark in the dark?
Does your cat
sneeze in the breeze?
Does your goat
bleat in the heat?
Wait….
What’s that you say?
You don’t own a goat?
Well ...
do you…
croon at noon or wait ’til late?
screech at the beach or roar at the store?
fret at the wet or cry at the dry?
Do you spread your sound
around
the whole town?
Thank you to my friend Darcy Lee for using the phrase “barking in the dark” - what a great and inspiring rhyme! ❤️
is cheese stretchy?
sometimes the words
they won’t move around
just sit there like rocks
will make no nice sound
I push them and pull them
like taffy or cheese
but words can be stubborn
I even say please
wait, cheese isn’t stretchy!!
how did that word jump in?
it’s getting quite crazy
I’m gonna let the words win
critters run through my head
anxiety worry fear dread
oh when these critters run through my head
causing real havoc, wearing me down
oh I wish I could quiet them down!
they keep screaming and shouting and taunting me so
get out of town!!
just get up and go!!
my yelling won’t stop them, they scramble and play
oh I want them to Go! Go Away!
Chocolate Chip Cookies
ooey gooey
chocolate bits
add some nuts
you have a hit!
crispy edges
soft inside
I’ll save you some...
oops...
I tried !!
Hilly Silly Fun Slop
The snow is piling up
I have coffee in my cup
I really like making rhymes
Could do it all of the time
Yes, this poem is silly
Yes, Colorado is hilly
Yes, now I will stop
with this hilly silly fun slop!
bippity bobbity boo
bippity bobbity boo
the cow took off and flew
the goat wore a bright yellow shoe
the chicken wanted in too
so she painted her chicks all bright blue
bippity bobbity boo
is that a sheep or a ewe?
this farm is a real crazy zoo!
Happy Monday Friends. Who doesn’t need a bunch of silly rhymes sometimes? 😀
Thank you thank you thank you for reading! ❤️
slippery slope
try to climb a slippery slope
you will not get far
try to climb in your hiking boots
try it in your car
try to climb in your bare feet
you will never grip
try to climb a slippery slope
all you will do is slip
In Praise of The Potato
Oh, the mighty mighty spud,
how I love you so!
Let me call you
your full name
my dear Po-ta-to.
So very very yummy
in all your varied forms —
baked or mashed
or hashed right up —
you make my belly warm!
I know you have detractors,
they spur you for your carbs.
Let’s ignore those silly folk,
their cruel warnings,
senseless barbs!
For you are The Potato!
A king! A queen! A prince!
Always there for easy eating,
a quick boil
after a rinse.
Thank you thank you Dear Potato,
for all your fleshy starch!
Should they try to ban you
to your defense
I will march!!
a little tittle for a giggle
Chicken Little
just a tittle
that old lickspittle
a game of skittles
All these words!
So fun to say!
I learned their meanings
just today!
a twist in the plot
as I sit
on this short day
and wonder what
I ought to say
my mind runs on
a funny thought
a twist, a turn
in the plot
what if things
are all ok?
feel the worry
melt away
one more time
Quiet house
No one up
Chore is done
Fed the pup
Writing words
Finding rhymes
Poem done
One more time
Susan’s Zoo
Susan was screaming
”What should we do?!
All of the animals
escaped from the zoo!”
There goes a zebra
behind a brown bear!
The lions are lounging
in Adam’s deck chair!
The elephants seem partial
to the big yellow arch!
Giraffes take four lanes
as they make their march!
Baboons smash the glass
at Johnson’s Ice Cream!
The tigers are lounging
in the Miller’s airstream!
The town now resembles
a zoo inside out!
Susan just stands there
and she shouts and she shouts!!
earthbound
twist and turn around
fall down to the ground
barely make a sound
never to be found
in that big old mound
missed another day
well I missed another day
didn’t do what I did say
the first time felt like rotten rot
this time, well, it did not
I have learned that it’s ok
just pick up and play away