Wilbur and Mr. Ed
Never did share the same bed
Doing so would have been sheer hilarity
Pity, such a notion back then was a TV rarity
October 16, 2021
TV Show: "Mr. Ed"*
Clerihew 2 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Joseph May
*The show ran from
1958 - 1966
Wilbur wasn't always so sure
His horse knew how to be good
He gave him the best directions
And plenty of love and affection
But, Mr. Ed could be quite the comic
Never listening to Wilbur's instructions
Instead, finding amusement in the ones
Who felt like watching his funny sitcom
It was actually Allan Lane
Who gave Mr. Ed his voice
He told of this and that
And every imaginable choice
Mr. Ed was not who we were told
His real name was Bamboo Harvester
A delightful name for a famous equine
Who will forever reign in my heart
As the horse who brought so much
Grace to the part of the famous Mr. Ed
Wherever I go in this world
There will always be assurance
That the famous Mr. Ed was one
Who brightened lives with his pranks
He was a funny, good humored horse
With so much love in his heart
I could never imagine another horse
More capable of filling the room
With uproarious laughter and joy
Mr. Ed was a wonderful old boy!
A Notable Horse Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Robert James Liguori
September 28, 2021
Windy Wilbur wears white wet wooden whistles
weaving without wonderment within woods wisdom
where wily weather whips Windy Wilbur's whimsy
we wait wondering whether Windy Wilbur's whistle works.
for Ted it is defacto
for Wendy it is marriage
they cannot agree
until a baby carriage
because Ted’s mother wears the pants
and he quickly folds
for Charlotte it is defacto
for John it is marriage
They have to let each other go
for they cannot figure it out
separate or together
For Wilbur and Jane it is defacto
Because they both have a fortune
And refuse to share it,
not trusting each other to figure out how much each has
For Wanda and Mike it is marriage
Because they love marriage.
They have both had eight weddings.
Wilbur Gets WiFi Free
By Elton Camp
Because the opportunity he seizes,
Wilbur gets online anytime he pleases
And this isn’t at some obliging store
Directly into his house it does pour
All he needs to do is simply log on
No more need for modem and phone
And the best thing that Wilbur can see
Is that he gets Internet connection free
A friend said, “You shouldn’t do that.
To steal a neighbor’s signal you’re a rat.”
Wilbur look at him with an angry glare
“I’m not stealing for it is simply there.”
“If he lets his WiFi signal trespass,
I have a right to it for his lack of class.”
“If he’ll keep it outside my door,
Then I won’t use it anymore.”
Leaves fall,
and soon will
My death.
Without a
Calamity.
Rocks thrown
by the prostitute
In my own stoning.
But I'm not worried.
My heartbeat continues,
Until I'm done
Helping with the
Paraplegic that
Was abused.
In that public
school I pretended
I knew Christ.
And like any liberal
I believe in the mission
Without consequence
And with the flowers
of forgiveness.
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