Long Sandler Poems

If I were a star, lighting up the night
Filling hearts with joy and hope
Inspiring souls to listen to the silence
That breathes a caress across the spirit
Whispering kindness to the listener

If I were a star…

I’d look...

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Is it Hanukkah 
Or Chanukah 
Both are correct
It depends if you use the Latin or Hebrew dialect 

Regardless of what you say
The meaning is the same both here and far away 
It is an eight...

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LC

I bought an eighty-inch TV,
just for the box—
set it up like a teepee.
Jump in like tee-hee!
Throw the screen out the window.
Let it crash.
Now there’s an 80” stuck in my lawn,
and people slow down just to...

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Last night's Wim Wenders film Wings of Desire, not starring Adam
      Sandler,
great in the great tradition of Metropolis, Fellini, Children of Paradise,
      Ikiru, Open City.
This...

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To write a tongue twister is not funny mister
I just don’t know where to begin
There’s one that I’ve written with which I’m quite smitten
But I’d had a very large gin...

Workers wrinkles worsen when wind worsens...

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In my subconscious mind turning with time into 
a fertile field in the fond landscape of flourishing youth,
long before corrosion of crumpled confidence started, 
I planted the sapling of a tender tree called ambition, 
nurtured...

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TONGUE TWISTER

        Fantastic fun on scholastic enjoyment
        assessing accessing accepting accent,
        pointing permitting possible...

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Butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers 
Wound up famous in a nursery rhyme 
Plied their trades, were movers and shakers 
Remembered from a long-forgotten time. 

If I were famous, would it be for naught, 
For some...

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If I were a famous poet quite well known,
I hope that I would be a poet humble;
that I would be an inspiration for all.

That the pages of my poetry reached all,
my writing awards I...

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Mates, we had a cheery literature teacher,
Who told tales and looked more a preacher 
Than a teacher, and here's a tale he told 
About a bald male whose talk sounded bold.  

This man's not...

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The prompt was "Write a poem which is really a recipe".

This Stew Tastes Funny

I personally like to use the more established dramatic processes, but feel free to use your own version of comedy!

Dramedy (serves the...

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Bree Black bought Blythe six sets of sheets,
which Blythe soon sold to Susie Shoop.
Sheet seller Susie was so fleet.
She sold, for more, to Clista Coop.
Then choosy Susie bought brown cleats,
fine fritters, and pre-shrunk silk skirts.
Blythe...

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Please tell me it’s summer every day of the year.

Please tell me that Aerosmith plays from the sky.

Please tell me that heaven’s a basketball court.

Please tell me that everyone’s life has a point.

Please tell me...

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Susie Smith spent several summers swimming salty seas
Surfing seemed safer than slippery slopes on snow skis
Until susie was swiftly swallowed by swells of super size 
and several sand sharks startled her in a shocked surprise
Susie...

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At Santa Claus’ pause
Rudolph dims his nose
All the elves find cause
To take time to applause
That Mrs. Claus’ menopause
Isn’t really the first cause
As Santa Claus withdraws
From Christmas at grandmas
Where everyone keeps laws
For living by rules that...

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If sight were seen all would see
but if blind no one will see
then look and see if you are blind
then speak a sound without a sound
and if you say I cannot see
then your sound would...

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