Tries Poems - Poems about Tries

The sloth tried on all the running shoes in the store. Brand new clerk on commission’s heart gave a soar. She did not realize that sloth does this every day. But never buys a shoe, for running is not his way. He does it because he loved the colors, said her boss. If my supervisor would let me, I would...

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All I can be if it’s left up to me Is a brain in a tank full of bubbles Can’t hear it, can’t see it, I only can be it, And that’s just the start of my troubles It was no disease that killed most of me But a brain catcher down at the docks Now, my one sensation, a...

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My muse Trixie does a cartwheel into the hallway I am not amused; pretend I have not noticed. She throws a blue elephant into my toaster at breakfast. He hits me with his trunk on the way out. I act like this is normal. She walks through the livingroom riding on the head of a lion She is whistling a bawdy...

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Spoiled dog takes a nap Along comes a spying cat She tries to tease him awake Gentle giant does not stir or quake Retaining his status, staying fast asleep Cat settles down, there is no peep...

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He’s been around a long, long time (Put another way, he’s old) By now he thinks he knows it all, He does not if truth be told. He likes to think he’s a poet And he’s scribbling all the time. But often the syllables are wrong And it doesn’t even rhyme. He tries to be hilarious But his humour’s pretty grim. And most of the...

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8/7/24 As time always sped by You can't read this in the headlines There won't always be a next time People still fed by Carefully spread lies Through a never ending feud over dead guys It'll take more than ten tries Just can't always end fine Yet why Does all this continual lead fly Sad, how quickly men die All alone not a soul by the bed...

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this is the sleeping house three dogs with full tummies they snore away these happy sleep sounds encourage me to nap This will be my second nap of today I cannot stop myself I climb onto a couch cover myself with a fuzzy blanket wake up with dog slobber on my face they want me to play...

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do you know how to conjure a turtle? asked the snot. Wonderful Winnifred Witch was unsure, but she tried. A fat spotted frog jumped out of her pot. Ran under her china cupboard to hide. Next she conjured a snake, who slithered away. Maybe it’s not my time, my task, or my day? Winnifred gave her cauldron and spell book another...

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gladness… rejoicing at four hostages rescue… … lead rescuer’s dead ...

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miniature spaceboy was not as young as he looked he found a drink on the table and it looked well cooked he had a tiny taste out of a straw that was sitting alone strawberry margarita packed a wallop, he dropped his cellphone the person who came back to the table sucked it up through the straw. complained to the...

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Helen’s blind date had told her about his watermelon car. She thought he was kidding, but he had gone too far. He arrived to pick her up and she laughed until she cried. Blind date ended up leaving her there with her cousin Cyde. He was a nutbucket, Clyde told her. Blind dates are bad. The next guy she was...

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How can you sleep here? Asks an artist from the north. Leopard is used to the vivid colors of the rainforest. He can sleep anywhere, but especially here. It is his home, his hunting ground, his safe place. The stranger keeps talking, annoying leopard. He may have to snack before lunch....

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Poppy was like the old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children, she barely knew what to do. They always arrived in stacks of tens, still at home are twenty-two. Today she thought she would sneak off and take a nap, maybe two. The children were alarmed, where was mama mouse? They ran room to room,...

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miniature spaceboy was not as young as he looked he found a drink on the table and it looked well cooked he had a tiny taste out of a straw that was sitting alone strawberry margarita packed a wallop, he dropped his cellphone the person who came back to the table sucked it up through the straw. complained to the...

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Kitty wanted to intimidate someone today She put on a Grinch costume and wandered away Gave us a strut, a wiggle and a sashay Trying her best to intimidate me, Mary and Fay We laughed our petootsies off and began to bray Thinking she looked ridiculous in this get up today...

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