Best Oatmeal Poems

I feigned taking a bite
attempting, of course, to convince her

oatmeal was yummy, "good for her"
necessary          ...

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What color are you?
You! You! You! You! You! You! I could do this all day. Smirk.
I am not talking about hair color, eye color, or...

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I, to the pasture's green could run, 
and fly a kite beside the sun,
but choose, I do, to linger still, 
among the dirt, what is...

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"The softness of the summer day like an ermine paw."- Anais Nin

Soft is a tissue or a cotton ball.
     Soft was...

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Sheriff Koplin has ridden East to gather a few other folks who decided to leave the city and head West, hoping to settle in Milton...

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I am a Burn’s Night baby
(named after the Ayrshire bard)
So we’re off to hunt a haggis
locating one is extremely hard

We scour the hills of Scotland
and...

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Tussled hair, bruised knees, toothless, lop-sided grin;
Ma is so thankful her dear little imp wasn't born a twin!
She likes things running smoothly, like a finely-tuned...

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Ross still rides his Harley, if the weather's good.
Can't get away much, like he used to.
Thursday morning breakfast with the airplane guys,
Talking farm prices;
what the...

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Have you ever had one of those days 
On the wrong side of the bed, bad days 
When everything right went wrong 

Cause the ding...

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I will not be late to work today

I will get there on time
I will brush my teeth
Without singing songs
Without thinking about birthdays
About gymnasiums
About TAKS 
About...

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Chewy chocolate chip bars
finger licking good
soft butter sugars oats stir
fold in flour mixture
add chips and walnuts
spoon spread and
bake !





Just In Time For Back To School...

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1963.
I ran crying to Uncle Jim, standing by the barn door.
We hugged, and I tried to hold the smell of him,
of Vermont -- Old Spice,...

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The old cookie lady lived in an old house, on an old street in a very old part of the city.
She wasn’t tall, she wasn’t...

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Need some good guys to salvage the day?
The Lone Ranger holds evil at bay.
He and brave, noble Tonto
will catch criminals pronto
then depart. “Hi-yo, Silver! Away!”

Bandits...

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Cola, orange soda
Root beer, ginger ale
Spaghetti, lasagna
Fruits, oatmeal
Turkey and rice
Sour cream and onion dip
Kiwi and apple slice
Corn or potato chips
I become unsightly
When I am hungry


July...

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