Christmas Irony Poems

   Mexico claims part of Texas as its own  
     Calls to invade the Lone Star State have...

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The end of November
Christmas looms ever nearer;
Gifts required for Buster Boy
Kitty Violette and Keira
As well as those for 
Their dads and mums
All to be bought...

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On the first day of Space Crafts, Skywalker gave to me,
-- (and...) a Jedi who'll make life truly free,
On the second day of Space Crafts,...

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My mother was talking to her friend and I was drawing fruit on an Izal toilet roll.
Only because we didn’t have any writing paper and...

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The lowest branches get lights,
decoration,
adulation,
attention.

Upper reaches sway, snap in the dark,
break and turn loose their leaves.

But never receive a mention....

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God rest ye merry gentleman
Thank the Lord that you are able
By devious manipulation to
Keep the turkey on the table;

All praise to those good bankers 
Who...

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Just Another Average Christmas

Just another average Christmas, not especially good nor bad,
When everyone says dinner was the best they’ve ever had.
When Mother works her fingers...

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Oh, boy! It's poem time!
       I think I'll try a little rhyme
     What goes with...

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The morning sky is still blueish
While the festive air feels newish
The snowflakes are falling
Now that Christmas is calling
Such an odd time of year when you're...

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I see the wary, self-satisfied leer as you approach
     because I carry on my right shoulder
     the...

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Luke’s Purpose
Luke 1:1-4

Luke: “Many people have applied themselves,
to the task of compiling an account of the events,
that have been fulfilled among us [the shelves].
They used...

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She grabs the tree topper and begins to climb the Christmas tree
We stand back and watch, no longer surprised at her audacity
Not family, not yet...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Potatoes

At dinner the other night, 
mom fixed our favorite. 
She baked them, 
broiled them, 
cut them up,
 and fried them nice. 

She told us,
this was...

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Cockleburs

Small green weeds, 
with little seed pots, 
that stick to your socks. 

They travel with you, 
to the next place, 
that God wants them to...

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