082721

Remembering "The Wheel on the School," by Meindert DeJong There was a young stork on a wheel To some this might seem a sweet deal As I spin around My head hits the ground Complained that sore stork on the wheel

101320c

 

There was an old robot called Zed

 Who lay on the ground as if dead

we gave him a charge

he felt so dang large

that sparks shot right out of his head

021420c

There was a young person of Rome
Whose heart was inclined for to roam
But no matter the lover
Our wanderer'd druther
Get back to Georgia and home

112719b

The sandworms of Dune couldn't move
And physics suffices to prove
The muscles they need
To keep up their speed
Outweigh any worm they could move

081919

There once was a brat from New York
Dropped on his head by a stork
He fouled every nest
He put to the test
That fat orange brat from New York

120718c

there once were two moons of Uranus,

that orbited each simultaneous,
one followed the clock,
the other did not,
thus ended the moons of Uranus.

111918c

A blob from Los Angeles
applied to Hollywood, "Please
"that old 50s hack
"went on the attack
"I want a film with some sleaze."

110818d

there once was a native of Mars
who wanted to visit the stars
his ship was too slow
so he couldn't go
though he made a great effort in bars

101818c

there once was a barber named Jack
who ate the occasional snack
his clientele shrank
his garbage was rank
that hungry young barber named Jack

091418

there once was a hole so black
that nothing it swallowed came back
positrons it once chewed
a blast then ensued
thus ended the hole that was black

111617b

There was a young thing from Tibet
It came to despoil, to plunder, and get
Terrestrial life was a snack
What it sought for we lacked
That malnourished thing from Tibet



A Limerick, albeit a bad one, sorry.

110917b

there was an old frog who swallowed a fly


there was an old frog in the swamp
who ate up a fly with a chomp
the frog was then et
by a gator who said
why'd she swallow that fly in the swamp?

120816

There was a young planet just right
Warm in the day and by night
Its primates arboreal
Would soon be deplorable
Cook their own geese they just might


Not good, but OK for a 20-second poem

111316b

There was a young worm from Toledo
Twas cursed with excessive albedo
Its tail was so bright
Even by night
That brazen young worm from Ohio

092716b

There was a young slug name of Keri
munching a hole in a berry
the berry was plucked
the slug out of luck
icky, she tasted, but very!

042916

I think "Trump Thugs" would be a great brand. Sell gear to the acolytes & donate profits to Clinton.


An elderly bloviard, Donald,
Ran to be Prezzy, like Ronald,
He lied like The Man,
Across the whole land,
But whined when he didn't get coddled.

I know it's not a good poem, but he's not agood person.

031416b

There once was a comet from Oort
A ball of the wandering sort
It toyed with the Sun
Before it was done
It struck the third planet and BLOORT!

022116

There was a young rock named basalt
Who once was accused of assault
Have I done something wrong
If they call me the bomb?
If organics were burned is there fault?

020416

a shoggoth emerged from the sea
loathsome as any could be
its makers revived
their innards imbibed
by madness from underground sea

122215c

there once was a planet so green
an emerald, largest I've seen
its inhabitants burned it
till everyone spurned it
that planet that once was so green