[Marion Shore]

Compulsive Housekeeper

I heard a fly buzz when I died--
And reached for the insecticide.

Emily Gets Cynical

Hope is the thing with feathers
That craps, whatever the weather.


Shelley and the Tourist

I met a traveller from an antique land,
With camera and guidebook close at hand.


Some Dr. Seuss Tailgaters


An Alternate Scenario, in which the Cat never shows up...

The sun did not shine, it was too wet to play,
So we sat in the house and watched Nicktoons all day.


Cyber-Seuss

I do not like it Sam-I-Am,
I do not like computer spam.


Dr. Seuss's Sex Manual

Could you, would you in a house?
Would you, could you with your spouse?

[EREME]

Masefield slows down a bit
I have seen dawn and sunset on moors and windy hills,
That was before I started this course of sleeping pills.

Yeats livens up a bit
When you are old and grey and full of sleep
I'll take you for a joyride in a Jeep.
(Sorry, Henry, I see you've already done this one)

[Marion Shore]

And for all you LOTR fans:

Tolkien on the Shopping Channel

Three rings for the elven-kings under the sky:
Made with cubic zirconia--what a great buy!

[Julie Steiner]

I've Curled Up and Dyed

While my hair was still cut straight across my forehead,
I never heard, "You look like Agnes Moorehead!" *

* (She played Endora, the witchy mother-in-law, on T.V.'s "Bewitched"--late 60s to early 70s.)


Dr. W.C. Williams On Geriatric Incontinence

so much Depends
on big back ends


The Scrabble Tournament

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
place hope--soon dashed by Charlie Chan.*

* (Proper nouns are not allowed.)


On Winona Rider's Slap on the Wrist for Shoplifting

Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck:
if I'd been caught at Saks, then I'd be stuck.


Julie Stoner

[This message has been edited by Julie Stoner (edited January 29, 2004).]

[Jan D. Hodge]

Originally posted by Julie Stoner:
Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck:
if I'd been caught at Sak's, then I'd be stuck.

Julie Stoner

Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck . . .
But Julie beat me to it. Just my luck! .......

[Julie]

To an Aging Actress

When in disgrace with Fortune and men's eyes,
have you ever considered Jazzercise?


Nobody heard him, the dead man,
'cause if anyone can really excel at the silent treatment, the dead can.


My love is like to ice, and I to fire:
Together, we're the Ben Gay of desire.

Mist clogs the sunshine.
Chris hogs the moonshine.

[grasshopper]

Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
I bet they'd all be munched by moths.


(Maz)




[This message has been edited by grasshopper (edited January 31, 2004).]

[Marion Shore]

Emily Watches a PBS Nature Documentary

A bird came down the walk
And got snatched up by a hawk.


Blake's Recipe Book

Little lamb, who made thee?
Seasoned and sauteed thee?

Donne the Pedant

Go and catch a falling star
(It is, in fact, a meteor.)


Wordsworth's Science Fiction

The world is too much with us, late and soon,
That's why I'm on a starship bound for Dune.

[Jerry Glenn Hartwig]

Ghost House

I dwell in a lonely house I know
but board's included and rent is low.

[Rose Kelleher]

Wee, sleekit, cow'rin', tim'rous beastie,
for Fluffy thou'lt make a tasty feastie.

I have been one acquainted with the night.
That's why at my wedding I felt it would be hypocritical to wear white.