Juxtapose
Just suppose we have to
Jurisprudentially
Juxtapose guilt and innocence before a
Jury of our peers. The prosecution will attack with the
Jawbone of an a** and the nattering nabobs of the news media will
Journalistically
Jabberwocky their opinions which no one will understand. Meanwhile the
Joyless defense team will try to
Justify their client’s motives by
Jackhammering the evidence to fit their presentation, claiming the
Jimsonweed he smoked caused him to be a
Jailbreaker and escape the clutches of the law. Let us hope the
Jackanapse has learned his lesson and
Justice will prevail
He was obsessed with news
From all sources still couldn’t get enough
Morning noon afternoon and night
Spiralled him into a fake foreign world
Came very close to ruining his life
Blind unaware clueless, didn’t see it coming
Recklessly driving off the cliff of sanity
Sadly t’was the beginning of the end
He had it all, let it slip
Took it for granted till t’was gone
Learned his lesson? We’ll see.
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Like melted snow in summer’s vase
she vanished without a single trace
Turned his whole life inside-out
that inconstant gadabout
Surely, he’d learned his lesson, our erstwhile Don Juan
vowed never again to fall for such a con…
Yet, when next he saw her
a handsome beaux on her arm
He discovered the lesson he’d learned was
~ he just couldn’t move on
We get a new mattress.
The dog is intrigued.
He chews it to bits.
We have no words.
Because he is a baby.
And we know he does not mean it.
We get new curtains.
He pulls them down.
The rod falls on his head.
I am sure he yelped.
We were not home
But we think he probably has learned his lesson.
Silly Billy went and ate
all the cookies his mom baked.
Getting too sick was his fate
for his tummy ached and ached.
You might think this silly guy
would have learned his lesson, right?
When his mother made a pie,
it then disappeared from sight.
Billy, like a big fat hog -
He had gobbled it all down!
He got sicker than a dog.
Mention pies, and still he’ll frown.
April 11, 2021
for Eve Roper's Nursery Rhyme 4 Poetry Contest
He felt self conscious, insecure,
Inadequate and most unsure.
He looked upon the night with dread,
For he was unadept in bed.
He thought it all was in his pants,
And feared he could not do the dance;
And then he saw it on T.V.,
With insane grin they touted "V".
It would make him a super man,
And she would be his biggest fan.
So off he went to the pharmacy,
To buy a box, or maybe three.
He popped a pill and to his surprise.
It grew before his very eyes;
So he took another just for fun,
He over dosed and was undone.
The paramedics laughed out loud,
When they saw how he was endowed.
He was too big for his britches,
And it left them all in stitches.
"My God!" the doctor said entranced,
It looks just like a big egg plant.
We're gonna have to drain that thing,
So hang on tight it's gonna sting.
Our hero learned his lesson well,
Though he had to go through Hell.
Though some think the stuff is grand,
Viagra does not make the man.
(the person depicted above is fictional and any similarities to real persons living or dead is unintentional)
There once was a little snowflake,
though America a mistake,
so he went to Iran,
spoke his mind and was hanged,
he learned his lesson far too late.
Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet
drinking a mocha late,
but when that old spider sat down beside her
she pulled out her Mace and let spray!
That arachnid took flight to her great delight
having learned his lesson in spades.
Miss Muffet was tough not made of fluff
her skills on defense made the grade.
Now this comely young Miss did indeed want a kiss
but not from a hairy old bug.
The romance she sought would be dearly bought
by a guy that she actually dug.
The Perils of Slim
Slim works a drilling rig by day,
And drinks Lone Star at night.
He'd tried to rodeo before,
But nothin' came out right.
He'd cowboy'd in the Panhandle,
And by the Rio Grande.
He'd farmed a little cotton plot,
Got covered up with sand.
Tried his hand once as hunting guide,
But never killed a thing.
He joined a country-western band,
And found he couldn't sing.
And then one night in Abilene
His destiny came clear.
He found he was a ladies' man,
He'd just come in for beer.
He met a gal he knew was rich,
She had the Midas touch.
She thought he was the one for her,
He thought about how much.
He let her keep him for awhile,
Then one thing led to two.
Slim had a string of wealthy gals,
He'd nothin' else to do.
He did right well for sev'ral years,
And then one Springtime day.
He met a gal named Betty Sue,
Who's married as they say.
Her husband came a ridin' hard,
Because he loved her so.
He caught them in the hotel room,
And shot Slim in the toe.
Slim learned his lesson well that day,
But he still limps a mite.
He works a drilling rig by day,
And drinks Lone Star at night..
Being just a kid of nineteen and under the influence of alcohol
He stole a car he had seen and this was the beginning of his fall
Driving reckless through the town thinking that it was really neat
And before the police took him down he hit a man crossing the street
And he kept right on going with the police in close pursuit behind
With the strip spikes glowing this treacherous ride came to a grind
Throwing him down on the ground as justice was now in sight
But even then they found that this young man still wanted to fight
The man who was crossing the street later ended up passing that day
So now these charges he couldn't beat as the judge then put him away
Eleven years is what he got but perhaps he has learned his lesson
Dedicating his release, a second shot, in the realizing of it's blessing
It didn't just happen at first in fact it took about eight of those years
Until he finally began to thirst in the knowing of several of his peers
They were a rough bunch too for all of these men have been around
But they all had something true, something that took a while to be found
THE VIAGRA CAPER
He felt self conscious, insecure,
Inadequate and most unsure.
He looked upon the night with dread,
For he was unadept in bed.
He thought it all was in his pants,
And feared he could not do the dance,
And then he saw it on T.V.,
With insane grin they touted "V".
It would make him a superman,
And she would be his biggest fan.
So off he went to the pharmacy,
To buy a box, or maybe three.
He popped a pill and to his surprise,
It grew before his very eyes;
So he took another just for fun,
He overdosed and was undone.
The paramedics laughed out loud,
When they saw how he was endowed.
He was too big for his britches,
And it left them all in stitches.
"My God!' the doctor said, entranced,
'It looks just like a big egg plant!
We're gonna have to drain that thing,
So hang on tight, it's gonna sting."
Our hero learned his lesson well,
Though he had to go through Hell.
Though some think the stuff is grand,
Viagra does not make the man.
Judy Ball
The person depicted above is purely fictional and any similarities to real persons
living or dead is unintentional.
Ignorance versus apprehension
left behind today
my smile walked away
but not away from me
it just led me to get free
you showed me life's race
right now i'm out of pace
10 seconds of attention
against a thousand yard stare
ignorance versus apprehension
the inversive tortoise and the hare
tortoise tests the water
hare just jumps right in
then jumps out of his skin
learning it was blood from the slaughter
all his friends and kin
both his son and daughter
he learned his lesson then
regret became his Alma Mater
so what am i really trying to say?
don't think my life is without care
yeah, you're ahead of me today
i am the tortoise you are the hare
i watch the miles melt away
you just blindly stare
the finish line is not your care
but i hope someday i meet you there
Time has been that slavery was a common practice
War lords take over a nation then use the people for slaves
This went on in Israel, Egypt, China, and numerous other places.
We have heard of Pharoh of Egypt and Moses
Moses said to Pharoh one day, the God of Israel says "Let my people go!"
Pharoh thought these slave people are needed around here, free labor.
Pharoh said no I won't let you go.
God of Israel sent 10 plagues on the Egyptian people all the way into Pharoh's palace.
Their water was changed into blood. Plagues of gnats, flies, locust, frogs, boils, cattle died,
darkness in day time, and the last day the firstborn child died, then Pharoh let them go.
He still had not learned his lesson and he took his army out after the Israelites and then him and
his army was drowned in the river.
One hard hearted and headed man, met his doom.
Exodus the Holy Bible.
still needs work....
Ol’ Pete he had a new gal friend that he wanted to prank—
His idear was to shoot her silhouette like Buckskin Frank!
It was Frank Leslie that first shot holes all around his girl—
So Pete thought he’d do it too or at least give it a whirl!
But what he did not count on was the mettle of that dame—
After he pulled his little trick, he never was the same!
He did not know her fuse was short and she practiced with knives—
And that her list of beaus was long and how most lost their lives!
So when he commenced to shootin’ round his new love, Molly,
She done started throwin’ knives and ‘bout clipped him, by golly!
Pete learned his lesson as she sat down and played piano—
As he pulled out knives thrown south that near made him soprano.
And Prickly swore that nevermore would he shoot at his mate—
At least not wives that packed sharp knives and would likely castrate!
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