The Bard of Sherman Avenue

For Drivers Who Forget

Careful out there.
Slick, you know.
Had this last year.
It’s called snow.

Christmas Poem

Good King Wenceslas was mild,
kind and sweet and docile,
but he raised eight kinds of hell
once he chugged the wassail.

Space Station residents to drink recycled urine -- News Headline

Were I to ride space craft

through the vast cosmic scene

I’d be very certain

to take my canteen.

Thanksgiving

The times may be gloomy

and our future murky,

but let us give thanks that

we are not a turkey.

At The Airport

Land of the brave

and home of the free:

take off your shoes

and show your ID.

Of Coiffures

This daily drizzle

makes hair frizzle.

New England History

The Puritans were pious folk

and they wore quaint hats and britches;

they’d pray all Sunday at their church

and on Monday burn some witches.

Meditation on Autumn Leaves

Only You, oh Lord,

can make them--

I just wish You’d help

me rake them.

USC

They ran like the wind,

they passed straight and true;

they blew the poor Cougs

right out the Wazoo.

Murder in the Backyard

Indict and convict,

leave him no hope of pardon,

for last night Jack Frost

executed our garden.