Humorous Patience Poems

What, I cannot say,
A feeling something's wonkey.
Like mucking muddy sand at the bottom of the ocean,
Beneath acrobatic, trapeze artist monkeys.
What can be said,
About the snorkeling...

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My day is spent waiting
For some results slow to arrive
As long as I am contemplating
I know I am still alive.

written September 2, 2021...

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Cranked a surprise with his jack in the box
            Chained stays my flower in...

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Written by Gail DeBole
in the 1970s
(Pre-parent status)

I'd like to have more patience.
I really think I can.
I tell myself most readily
While looking for the jam.

The jam...

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Across the pond float lily pads
Upon one sat a frog,
He looked rather startled
His eyes were wide agog.

Had he seen a stalking heron,
Was he scared to...

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A doctor who worked in Bombay
Banned seventeen patients one day
They all had Delhi belly ...
Waiting room got so smelly
Receptionist turned them away!

2/19/19...

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Beauty shop smells insult my nose.
The bleach, the lifters, the perm solution.
They all smell bad.
I could not work here for two seconds.
A child behind me...

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A terrible storm in wait
Caught by a laughing flood

While his beard grows
Several laborious hours

For the animals a floating rescue
A journey to a new adventure

Take your...

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Hillary Has Patience

Many thoughts he had held at the helm
What if he now were king of the realm
And a truly amazing castle fit right in
After...

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Few things are as annoying as standing in line
Queues and waiting can be an ordeal for even the most patient
Always choose "the wrong line"

Some use...

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Patience

Don’t you stick that prong in me!
Who do you think you are?
Step back from the cooker,
Your behaviour is bizarre.
I haven’t finished cooking yet,
You will have...

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