Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from Poems of Silliness!

My New Snowman

He wears my father's ski cap

Three wet balls of snow

My snowman

Snowsuit

Wrapped so tightly in my snowsuit...can't breathe

Rolled to the top of the hill

And swished to the bottom

Gifts

 

I asked for a flower and you gave me a field.

I asked for a violin and you gave me an orchestra.

I asked for a fish and you gave me an ocean.

You give me better than I deserve.

Drama Onstage and Off

Comedy

Funny, happy

Laughing, smiling, cheering

Both part of life

Crying, sighing, dying

Serious, sad

Tragedy

Can you pull a rabbit out of a hat?

What did the speedy magician perform?

 

 

 

 

A quick trick

Sleep Deprivation

It's 2 A. M.

And I'm awake.

Much more of this

I cannot take.

Christmas

Christmas
Jesus Birthday
Singing Christmas Carols
Celebrating with my family
Joyful

My Christmas Tree

Strings of cranberries
Popcorn garlands
Silver balls
Tinsel
Star

Hat

Hat

Baseball

Covering

Don’t wear inside

Cap

Vacation

I need some quiet.
I sleep in
The first day of break.

Sledding

Joey dragged his sled uphill.

Speeding down was a great thrill.

Ursula the Unicorn

Ursula the Unicorn unveiled the unknown.

Snow Boots

Snow Boots
Fur-lined Rubber
Keeping my feet warm and dry
Sitting safely in the ski lodge
Don't want to get them wet!

Tommy Miller

Tommy Miller sat in a thriller
Watching his knuckles turn white
He got quite a scare and jumped in the air
He ran from the show into the night.

Some Moments

Some
Moments change
Your life forever.

Little Mister Tate

Little Mister Tate was habitually late.
He missed so much of his life.
He didn't feel great that Mister Tate
For his world was filled with strife.

Snowman Magic?

Hoping this top hat still has some magic
I am building a snowman.
I want an adventure.

A Conversation with a Gingerbread House

"Oh, Gingerbread House,

You taunt me.
You look delicious."
"You want me?
I'm not very good."
"You are."
"Your little sister licked her fingers
all the while she built me."
"Never mind."

Snow Day Countdown

I want a snow day
For tomorrow
Let it snow
Tonight
Please

Oh Those Flies!

I just want to say, “I’m out of here!”

I’m in the dining room

I found a fly,

Another fly,

Another fly,

There are too many flies.

Let me fall to pieces in peace.

Dancing Bees

What do you call a dance for bees?

 

 

A hive jive

Long Dark Nights

Winter
The longest nights
Days are getting shorter
I find this all so depressing
Season

Winter to Summer

Winter

Darker, Colder

Snowing, Hailing, Sleeting

Six months till summer

Warming, Glowing, Brightening

Lighter, Hotter

Summer

Flood

I should be sleeping,

But I am weeping

About the water

That is creeping.

Chore

Chore

Working

Caring for

Doing my best

Job

Snow Day

Snow Day
Unexpected
Celebrating my fortune
Out in the cold then inside warm
I have no school today!

Deadliest Catch

The deadliest catch

In the sea

Might not be the crab!

 

Thoughtful Thalia?

Thalia threw thirty-three thick thimbles.

A Hair Day

Do you think that perm will last all term?

Ducky Lucky

Ducky Lucky sat on a tack,
Fell over backward and threw out his back.
All of the nurses and all of the docs
Took care of Ducky and gave him new socks.

Space

Space
is not
the final frontier.

Just Beneath

Just beneath the bed

What fiend lurks there?

Eyes peer out at me

With their laser stare.

Fear

Someone dared me to dance for the show.

Someone else told me I stink.

Here I stand paralyzed on the stage

Too afraid of what others think.

Full Moon Behavior

 

Do you believe

That a full moon

Causes people

To act strangely?

My Uncle's Dog Part 2

The ugliest puppy

I have ever seen

Just two days old

Like a fetal pig

Or a baby rat

Is beautiful to

My uncle who

Can already

See him grown.

Welcome to the world, Sam!

My Uncle's Dog Part 1

This Thanksgiving

One yellow lab

Did not greet us

We miss you, Jake.

Comedy or Tragedy?

What do you call a store where a theater manager might go?

 

 

A prop shop

Thanksgiving at My Uncle's Farm

A dozen chickens laying eggs for breakfast
Seven black lambs rough-housing in the field
(Boys will be boys)
Two steers staring because I am in their barn
A yellow cat that wants a belly rub
Cranberries spiked with jalapeños
Goat cheese with sun-dried tomatoes
A football game with the sound off
Crab salt and pepper shakers that were once Grandma's
This is my Thanksgiving

A Doomed Catering Job

I once met a crafty gator
Who asked me to help him cater.
But he wanted to dine
On flesh that was mine,
So I said to him, "See you later."

Overheard at Thanksgiving

Please pass the stuffing.     

Will you please carve the turkey?

Hand me the gravy.

I’m ready for pecan pie.

Not to mention the whipped cream.

 

That pie tastes so good

Can I have the recipe?

The dishes are done.

Endless football games are on.

Now let the snoring begin.

The Death of Junk Food

The hungry crowd sighs.
No more Hostess fruit pies.

Twinkie Mourning

I am just saying

I would have to like Twinkies

To mourn their passing

Yellow is....

Yellow is optimism
Waiting for a spring sunrise
Wearing the brightest shirt in my closet
Packing my possessions in a rental truck to new opportunity.

Go People Go

Train, plane, bicycle, car
All these things will take you far.

Sneak Thief

 

The Sneak Thief snatches

Everything he catches.

So lock up all your hatches

And fasten all the latches.

 

Why matches?

Mmm, Mmm, Mmm!

Simmering soup smells scrumptious.