Questions
If form follows function,
why does everything have too many bells and whistles?
Especially cell phone.
If everything is so simple a rocket scientist could do it,
why aren’t we all Werner von Braun’s?
Checkbooks are a mystery.
If the early bird gets the worm,
why are there birds out getting worms in the evening?
I get up early but I don’t eat worms.
If you are letting the cat out of the bag,
why are you telling the secret?
Why was the cat in the bag in the first place?
If curiosity killed the cat,
why aren’t more cats deceased?
I don’t like cats so_______.
If it is raining cats and dogs,
why don’t we have sturdier umbrellas?
Must get kind of messy when they hit the ground.
If we paint the town red to have a good time,
why are all towns pretty drab looking?
I only like red cars not buildings.
If someone is coming out of left field,
why don’t we just ignore them in the first place?
I played center field in little league.
If we can’t have our cake and eat it too,
why even bother having cake at all?
I just made an orange pound cake, so_______
The early bird gets the worm
Or so they always say
As he squirms what does the worm earn
For minding his business in clay?
Watching blue birds fly about singing various tunes
The red birds song sing of home in the month of June.
6/15/2022
Written for BITE SIZE POEM #47 POETRY CONTEST
Sponsor Line Gauthier
A Robin Redbreast, as conspicuous as a crimson drop of blood,
stands out against an alabaster landscape of Winter's white.
While hunting for worms, it starts scratching
at small patches of green grass and sprouting snowdrops.
And its persistence pays off, for to my astonishment,
I watch Nature's magician pull a rabbit from a hat, so to speak,
wrestling a wriggling worm from freshly thawed earth.
My first sighting of a Robin this spring
brings a smile to my otherwise dreary day;
recalling that old cliché, the early bird gets the worm.
First there was the glamorized Birdman of Alcatraz
While in the White House lived Lady Bird and Lucy Bird
Sesame Street, of course, brought us all Big Bird
The world of sports has given us a birds-eye view of
Larry Bird, Mark 'the Bird' Fydrich, not to mention
Birdie Tebbetts… We're used to 'watching the birdie'
in golf too, and even -- alarmingly enough --
Did you just hear a cuckoo?
We all know that the early bird gets the worm
~ But really, who wants a worm?
R-eminding you of one
O-ld and well known
S-aying that expresses
E-ach truth that has grown.
E-arly eighth of September,
S-ave a penny to earn;
T-hrift is coupled with hard work,
A-n early bird gets the worm.
N-ever forget the maxim,
I-n spite of your age;
L-et the proverb preach
L-esson from every
A-dage.
7/16/17
Reliable
And viable
Among familiar objects or those that are unidentifiable
And unrecognizable
Items rigid or pliable
It's just undeniable
It won't always be justifiable
If the odds are good or considered unsurvivable
It'll be despised or likable
Recommended or inadvisable
Down to the very last minute
Consistent
And efficient
Following through on commitments
While using similar and different equipment
We might feel the same or different
Lifeforms that stand their ground or scurry
Realize there won't always be mercy
Surely
Nearly endless controversy
Whether it is or isn't unearthly
I'm still feeling hungry and thirsty
During this journey
They say the early bird gets the worm, which I why I hurry
To get my hands dirty
While staying sturdy
In order to earn some turkey
Near and far from waters that are murky
Underneath skies that are clear or blurry
You know why I run game? It's 'cause I'm a player
I'm the night in shining armor, she's a dragon, I'm gon' slay her
That means when I beat it up, I'm gonna kill it
Tell her keep our business to herself, don't spill it
Can't follow directions, then it's on to the next
Hope you get the message, not talking 'bout a text
Plenty of fish in the sea, you gotta' use the right bait
Move fast, early bird gets the worm, don't be late
I'm a player, I attract all types of women
Get 'em all wet, like they're going swimmin'
Switch 'em up, more than I do my clothes
Got a different chick at all of my shows
Can't choose, there's too many to pick from
I beat that thing up like banging on a drum
Like fishes in water, I got 'em hooked
Chicks galore, schedule's filled, like a library I'm booked
We're in the bed more than hospital patients
Take my time, make sure she's satisfied, I got patience
They call me the Hulk, all I do is smash
It's a hit-and-run, not talking 'bout a car crash
Call it the thing on the side of your bed, one-night-stand
Kinda' like a hit TV show, I'm on demand
Here’s a bunch of Gobble-de-Gook
There is no sense or reason
I just threw together some stuff I read
Which constitutes poetic treason!
Here’s a fact about knowledge and wisdom
A fact which I know is valid
Knowledge is knowing a Tomato’s a fruit
Wisdom- not putting it in a Fruit Salad!
Another fact I’d like to relate
Pay attention if you please
The early bird gets the worm
But the second mouse gets the cheese!
Another vision that I had
I know may sound bizarre
Going to church don’t make you a Christian
Nor standing in a garage won’t make you a car!
If you need cash here’s some advice
I hope that you will heed it
A bank will surely loan you some
If you can prove that you don’t need it!
Elections are a funny thing
Our choices are quite shifty
For president we choose from two
Miss America from fifty!
When faced with a payback decision
Be careful what you choose
When tempted to fight fire-with-fire
Remember water is what Firemen use.
Someone posed a question once
I admit now that I smiled
If we all learn from our mistakes
Why do people have more than one child?
the early bird gets the worm
wake up in the morning to be told
what one of the winning numbers is
playing along
can you figure out
the metaphors throughout the scenes
from music to movies
and wherever else
an amazing statement
and finaly you know
there is method to all your madness
so many scenes of this hollywood lottery game
getting ready to set it all off
among like attracting like
the things you enjoy to see
the winner of this lottery game
is truly deserving
among the mess
another slide for the one who shouldn't win
superstitious
now you know the game we play
the race is on for me to take the wrong one
the several others should be ok
how do they know that
the grass is always greener
on the other side?
if my head wasnt
screwed on i would forget where
i put it myself
whats so hard about
eating a vegatable?
of course,the wheelchair
my mom always said
theres no use crying over
spilled milk but who knows?
the advice was this
the early bird gets the worm
thats an incentive?
turn the other cheek
if somebody strikes at you
and get hit there too!!!
if you love something
set it free,if it comes back
you look great naked
The forest is damp,
The early bird gets the worm,
If the worm shows up.