Kurt Philip Behm Poet Rhyme

Cheshire Grinning

A man brought
a Mockingbird
home from the park
It perched on
his mantle
from morning till dark
It chirped
the same song
again and again
To wake the
house up
at seven a.m.
A cat was
brought home
one day as a pet
To keep down
the mice
it hunted as pests
The Mockingbird sang
as the cat
plied its trade
Till one fateful
morning
knocking over its cage
And out flew
the songbird
away from its pen
To never 
be seen
— or heard from again

(Rhymes From The Nursery: May, 2026)

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Kim Rodrigues May 29, 2026 at 9:51 AM Well done Nursery Rhyme, which often aren’t all that nice…lol Kurt Philip Behm May 29, 2026 at 3:47 PM Thanks Kim, they carried important messages that political correctness has stripped away. Knowing that monsters are imaginary and only hide in the dark is a clear image. Kids love storytelling and images like'The Big Bad Wolf 'Humpty Dumpty,' and the Evil Queen in Snow White' never damaged anyone BUT they did serve as instructional warnings of what life could bring.