Best Tried And True Poems

This is a myth
About the Hobabobaknox
A fiery dreadful creature 
That was never seen or caught
So how is it I know?
Is it true or just a thought
If it was never seen 
How can this story be bought...?

Unlike the Jabberwocky, the Hobabobaknox 
Was very good at staying...

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Prone to bloviation pure and simple
rides on figurative high horse,
which doubles up as my Plymouth Duster
analogous to General George Armstrong Custer
(blowing his i.e. mine little big horn)
anonymous readers I unwittingly fluster
poetic patina an artificial, superficial,
yet beneficial ego boosting luster
one mister re: man can muster.

I (no...

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poetically, and zealously
oozing, gushing, bubbling over
with faux snobbish suave re:
pulse sieve literary fatuous
haughtiness, and ludicrous narcissistic pre
ning all the while chuckling to me

self, and indifferent if
some anonymous browser
with Dutchman's breeches rolled up
upon cresting wave over Zyder Zee
disparages mine harmless
badinage, hence if ye

might qualify as such...

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A Trade is a Kingdom
  A Tradesman its King
Without one or the other
  Wedding Bells ought not ring...

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Hillary Tried and True

Up with his mind no thoughts would marry
Words from mouth were obstinate and scary
And without him what could news ever do
Trump lied a lot and he was never true.

For President would this behavior we need
Found to be full of much lust and...

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I moved the mountain,
and all I have left is the valleys;
I filled the valleys
with love and manna from above;

So I'm yearning, but yet I'm learning
Lord to depend on you
and only you
you who are tried and true;

I moved the hills
and all I have left are the...

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When you pray for other people, 
The Lord God listens tried and true; 
When your life is enjoyable, 
There's someone who has prayed for you....

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I’ve never heard a podcast,
Which reveals that I am old.
I don’t know how to stream one
(And don’t want to, truth be told).

I’ve never paid with Venmo
And the same applies to Zelle.
My credit cards and checks or cash
Have served me very well.

My doorbell has no camera
And...

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