Autumn Colors

Green leaves turn

Gold leaves bronze

Brown leaves fall

Ode to a Bad Chicken Stew

The gravy would not thicken
It did not taste like chicken
Or carrots or potatoes
Or celery or tomatoes.

The chef still had the nerve.
This stew he still would serve.
The food would people sicken.
The host was panic-stricken.

He called for pizza pie
And now the guests won't die.

What's for Lunch?

Chicken flavored

Ramen noodles

In my soup bowl

So delicious!

Tortoise Bush Terse Verse

What could you call a bush that a tortoise lives in?

Turtle Myrtle

What's for Dinner?

Cook the soup

Stir the pot

Serve it up

Old Fashioned Game

Dan the man

Kicked the can

Then he ran

Wasp

wasp
buzzing
yellow pest
predatory
sting

School Pennant

 
Pennant
Our school colors
Waving at the assembly
Showing off our school's character
Raise the banner proudly.

The First Day of Fall

 

 

Trees

Forest

Colorful

Autumn Foliage

Fall

 

 

Muscles

 

 

Muscles
Brawny and strong
Exercising each day
Building endurance every mile
Tissue

Who Ate My Chips?

Someone left a bowl of corn chips on the table and the cat ate them.

Around the Bonfire

 

I'll tell you all what did transpire:

Sam called Sue, "I must inquire

Would you like to join the community choir

Singing around the big bonfire?"

 

Sue said to Sam, "My one desire

Is to sing around a big bonfire.

I must tell you that I require

All the marshmallows you can acquire."

 

So Sam and Sue joined the community choir

And made s'mores around the big bonfire

Until so warm they did perspire.

Then the hour grew late so they did retire.

 

 

Cycle

Walking through the autumn trees I wonder
Why are leaves most colorful
Moments before they die?

Cloud

 

Cloud

Vapor

Obscuring

Soaring, sailing

Puff

Faithful Friends

 

Faithful friends forgive and forget fiascos.

Cheap Eats

You're selling that pickle

For only a nickel?

I'm feeling quite cynical.

Raking the Leaves

Some people rake
The leaves every day
Making sure their lawn stays clean.

Some people wait until
All the leaves are down
They do the job once.

Some people leave
The leaves on the ground
Letting them decompose into the soil.

Which one is right?

Tortoise Bush

There once was a turtle

Who lived in some myrtle

A Wild Terse Verse

What do you call an unrestrained elk?

loose moose

Little Miss Muffet Remixed

Sitting quietly
A spider invades my space
I jump up and scream

Grooming

I created the foam

And got out my comb

So much ado

Over brand new shampoo

 

Unusual Bird

On my walk I heard
An unusual bird.
Its nest I had stirred.

A Sign of Fall

Dear spider, oh why
Must you build your web each day
On the path I walk?

Game Point

 
Game Point
Lobbed over net
I am the leading player
My opponent can't return this
I scored the winning point.

Happy Birthday, Monika

I can't believe it!

You are a legal adult

It happened so fast

Eighteen years ago today

Happy Birthday, Monika!

Still Summer

Sitting in my class
I'm staring out the window
Still really summer

Back to School

Returning to school

The start of another year

Ready to begin

I must build back endurance

Teachers are tired as well.

 

Alarm Clock

Beginning to set
My alarm clock once again.
No more sleeping in.

Labor Day

Labor
Almost always
Brings
On
Rest

Day off
At least once a
Year

September Learns

New rules and routines
New faces and names
A year older
A grade higher
A bit smarter
A new school year ready to begin.