"If having a sense of humor is considered crazy,
tell me I'm zany before you walk out my door."
~ by poet
My poetic friends are very zany
Their humor indicates they are brainy
Limericks they oft' write
Bring laughter to the site
They are rays of sunshine when it's rainy
Zaniness is an art that gives pleasure
Such quirky talent goes beyond measure
Their farcical style
Makes many of us smile
Witty minds are valued as a treasure
Labeled bizarre, whimsical, or sappy
Zany cockamamy makes us happy
They take away a frown
When we are feeling down
Even if their limericks are crappy
Categories:
cockamamy, funny, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Some friends say I do not understand
The new age we are purportedly living in
The tell me even language has changed
Frankly, I don’t know where to begin.
It seems my statistics are way out-of-date
My experience counts for almost nothing,
Seems like respect for things I cherished--
Like freedom of speech—is slowly dwindling
Political factions are at each other’s throats
Over cockamamy theories of dubious source
The most idiotic fame-seekers are elected
While the news is skewed and bifurcated
And everybody knows more than I forgot
Could it be my time has come to sit back
And listen, without offering any opinion?
I suspect so, but I cannot help but chuckle
At where this new generation is going.
written April 8, 2022
[late, after a long day!]
Categories:
cockamamy, change, perspective,
Form: Free verse
I saw the the unshelled seedpod of my generation destroyed,
How I mourned the peanut.
Does the peanut make you shiver?
does it?
I saw the the lemon edulcorate of my generation destroyed,
How I mourned the sugar.
Does the sugar make you shiver?
does it?
When I think of the sweetness, I see delicate words.
Now old is just the thing,
To get me wondering if the sweetness is unhealthy.
A lamb, however hard it tries,
Will always be zany.
A lamb is cockamamy. a lamb is buffoonish,
a lamb is unreasonable, however.
An apiculture, however hard it tries,
Will always be american.
Does the apiculture make you shiver?
does it?
Categories:
cockamamy, allusion, animal, family, lost
Form: Free verse
What can a cockamamy squirrel
~ do with an overpriced pearl?
Categories:
cockamamy, animal, humorous,
Form: Monoku
maybe if you . . .
found boogeyman faces in sailing skies –
splashed in every single mud puddle anyway –
cried during Hallmark commercials –
maybe if you . . .
ever marveled at the creativity of every cockamamy excuse
you ever heard –
died just a little when one more day passed without –
sat in the sand until incoming tide knocked you over . . .
maybe . . .
you might find me.
Categories:
cockamamy, life, love, sad,
Form: Free verse