Tag Archives: Humor

ANOTHER NO CREMATION VOTE

Never appearing in a Shakespeare play alas
yet not wanting to give up
the outside chance
of the Yorick role

A POET WALKS INTO A BAR

Have you seen my horse
No
Any priests, Irishmen or rabbis
No
How about a Black Russian

PLAYING OLD 78s AT THE NURSING HOME

Aunt Myrtle
skips a groove from time to time

The needle, still diamond sharp
plays 1952 for a round or two

Then the niceness of the people here
grandpa’s bad temper, and the size
of the long kitchen at the farm

The sweetness of her husband
sometimes here and sometimes gone
and where is he now?

Reminded that he died some years ago
with quick humor still intact, replies
That would explain why he never comes to visit

The “Lure of the Limerick” book’s at my side
The one I’d sought far and wide

I was sad to discover
Some dirt on the cover

And happily much more inside

REMEMBERING THE

Architects of Texas
are often charged with the task
of adding a little southern charm
to an eastern chain’s boxlike plan

So
that is
why you’ll see
Spanish Mission touches
on the top and corners of the
new hotel out on Airport Road

Holiday Inn Alamoed

OLIVE OIL

In Greece last week
I bought a bottle of extra virgin olive oil

Which is a bit more expensive than the
regular virgin kind

I expect that it is due to the labor involved
tying all the branches apart

So that they don’t even touch themselves

Zen Cowboy Poet & Freelance Philosopher