Best Born Yesterday Poems
Born YesterdayIt was the first trip to Europe for Miss Hews
who was terribly shocked by statuary views.
She thought it a sin
to show so much skin.
Some of which apparently struck her as news....
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Categories:
born yesterday, innocence,
Form:
Limerick
I Wasn'T Born YesterdayI Wasn't Born Yesterday
I'm 96 years old. I can't remember at what point
my life became an endurance event. My scrapbooks
are full of ghosts. My lovers were buried long ago.
My family thinks I'm from...
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Categories:
born yesterday, age, family, old,
Form:
Free verse
Crazy Crow was not Born YesterdayCrazy crow flew in loops and whorls
Flying pattern as scalloped as mama’s curls
Wee witch said he’s the familiar for me
Invited him to sup on blueberry afternoon tea
Crazy crow flew in the window, around the kitchen twice
The cat said “he looks marvelous, I think he’s nice.”
She...
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Categories:
born yesterday, bird,
Form:
Rhyme