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Posted by: JustDaniel Mar 7 13, 14:13

L O G L I M E R H Y M E

Loglimerhyme is Larry Jennings' metrical variant of the standard iambic of http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?showtopic=2767. In place of the usual 442442-iamb meter, he utilizes a limerick-like pattern of 332332 pulses in each sextet (6-line) stanza. The rhyme pattern is that of the standard Logarhyme: AABCCB. My own dubbing of Larry's variant as 'Loglimerhyme' has met with his approval.

Here is his first (so far as I know) such creation:


Loglimerhyme #1

If that pie were mincemeat, I would choke
though I know it's enjoyed by some folk,
never been one of them.
Coconut or pecan on the beach
sounds quite nice. Think I'd have one of each
or key-lime. On a whim,

I have tried other country's cuisine
with delight, though some were garish green
made from sea-weed, I guess.
Others curried and spiced with, "who knows?"
They were delicacies I suppose
but not mine. I confess

to a penchant for food from the south.
Etouffee or gumbo in my mouth
is like Heaven on earth.
Though from Texas, I like chili too
and a big plate of good barbecue
which might add to my girth.

Thank the Lord for my genetic past
which made my metabolic rate fast;
sedentary I'm not.
I work harder now that I'm retired.
It's as if gardening has conspired
that I not go to pot.

© Larry D Jennings 13 April 2012


After a several-riposte discussion between Larry and myself, this is my own first Loglimerhyme:


Loglimerhyme Approbation

Loglimerhymes seem really fun;
though surely for not everyone,
so I offer you mine.
I certainly do understand
and certify your fledgling brand;
it's deliciously fine.

Iamb sure that you'll note that iambs
are required in pure Logarhyme brand
yet your variant is
but a breath of fresh air to my ears
so I hope this allays any fears
and you won't let it fizz.

© MLee Dickens'son 18 April 2012


Here's hoping others will join in on the fun!

deLightingly, Daniel

Posted by: Larry Mar 11 13, 12:22

Thanks, Daniel. I appreciate your starting a new thread with my Loglimerhyme and thanks again for the handy title for the form. Here, from the other forum, is my answer to your last post.


Let it fizz? Well gee-whiz, I had thought
there was interest in what I had wrought
as a jest or a game
some might play. Anyway, I liked yours.
Flattering emulation ensures
some brief fame, but the name

which you coined feels just right. Thanks so much!
The Loglimeryme title, as such
shall be known by a few
who might try it. Deny it exists?
It can not be undone. I'll persist
but there's only we two

who have written such stanzas. I'll say
I'm enamored in the weirdest way
but I won't push this form.
Logarhymes are done with the iamb
so I'll follow the rules like a lamb
though I do hate the "norm".

Maybe if a new thread were to start
others who break the rules might impart
their ideas in this way.
But the minimal interest I see
in all forums just convinces me
Loglimerymes won't play.

Posted by: JustDaniel Mar 11 13, 13:53

Well, with Alan rejoining our crew,
let's expect that he'll too have a brew
to pour in our cup.
His creative bent joined with his drive
could bring us a buzzing great hive...
bring our membership up!

Posted by: Larry Mar 14 13, 09:20

It's not membership. We have a lot,
but participation there is not
near enough to survive.
Even though we have multiple posts
in this forum, there's too many ghosts
and not one of them strive

or attempt a small crit anywhere.
Even more, they're not willing to share
any words with the few
hardy denizens whom we both know.
They can't read our admonishments, so
I just don't have a clue.

Posted by: JustDaniel Mar 14 13, 13:31

Much of what we write stays bottled here
where we diddle around, it is clear,
and most don't join in.
You are right that so few here have shared
much of late, and you have your soul bared,
and there's surely no din

in the forums, where once active giving
our help to each other brought living
inside of the threads.
I myself seldom visited there
for too long; now the cupboard is bare,
and I really have dreads.

But I'm trying to write now again
more consistently; maybe the yen
of my serious muse
will return; I've a hope that it will
and perhaps with an end to the chill
we'll be lighting a fuse.

Posted by: Larry Mar 17 13, 18:43

I refuse to go lightly and will,
like the engine that could, climb the hill
to announce from the top
that the members who joined here should git
off the pot, start to post, not just sit
while a few mind the shop.

It's a forum where thoughts are exchanged
to improve; critiqued post rearranged
to help polish a gem;
not a place where someone with a whip
made them write. A small verse or a quip
wouldn't hurt one of them.

Though they came of free will and signed up
they have left us a half empty cup
and the contents are cold.
I would say just remove every name,
clean the slate. They're the ones whom I blame,
so cull them from the fold.

Posted by: JustDaniel Mar 18 13, 08:36

I'm afraid that is out of our hands;
we do not have the requisite wands
for a zap or bong.
But we can stir the forums again
with a little attention and pain...
or perhaps a song.

When a friend or two visits once more
we won't need to admonish, implore...
silent songs will plead
for encouragement, help or critique
and perhaps one of us will then pique
interaction we need.

Posted by: Larry Apr 1 13, 16:01

Sharecroppers

Interaction is just what we need,
even if it's BS. Plant a seed
and who knows, you'll endow
us a new flower show that expands.
It beats what we have now; a few hands
and a rusty old plough

which, at one time was pulled by a horse.
We don't have one right now but of course
it's now dead. Though we beat...
it is to no avail and we're tired
of cajoling members who've conspired
to shut down; take a seat.

So I'd ask those who came and then went
on their way, have a say or relent;
for your absence is felt.
All we need are a few seeds to plant
and I don't want to hear that you can't
share the few you've been dealt.

Posted by: Cleo_Serapis Apr 2 13, 06:28

Your words are heartfelt.
Even I have lost my poetic muse.
Social media seems to be where folks hang these days playing Farmville etc...
SIGH.
Are other poetry forums active?
I shall send a message to the members - and Larry - you're right, maybe it's time for me to start deleting at least the 'bronze' members?
Back to bed - I've been very sick for many days.
Hugs
Lori

Posted by: Larry Apr 2 13, 17:20

Hi Lori,

I'm sorry you feel bad. I didn't mean to make it worse by complaining about the lack of participation in the forums but attendance has become very sparse. Hoped you liked my new creation. The name comes from Daniel.

Larry

Posted by: Cleo_Serapis Apr 3 13, 07:49

Gosh Larry - no worries. Actually, I am glad to see that you, Daniel, Eric, Alan and some others are making a go here.
It encourages me to particpate again. Perhaps I will even attempt to write one of your new forms right here.
I did manage to purge all the members that I previously had labeled as Bronze members (meaning inactive for some time). So that reduced our member count by half. I will also plan to send an email to the membership.

Keep on doing what you are doing - I am always reading - especially the limerick thread, ! Please pass this on.

-Lori

Posted by: JustDaniel Apr 5 13, 14:53

Our Loglimerhymes ain't for complaint
so I hope that our ramblings don't taint
the sense of this thread.
We hope Lori will soon become well;
when she has, I am sure she will tell
that she's out of bed!

When she writes to the others, we hope
that they'll join us betimes. We won't mope
if it takes them some time.
But it's always a joy when they come
writing DUM de de DUM de de DUM
with or not with rhyme!


deLighting in Lori's response.... and her following our Limericks too!!!

~ Daniel

Posted by: Larry Apr 22 13, 14:20

I’m so glad Lori came here to read
our Loglimerhymes; I must concede
that I thought we were toast
here a MM. The Forums were dead
but new life and activity spread
from the bones of this ghost.

Now the “newbies”, who aren’t, hit the ground
with their pens and their thoughts flashing ‘round
tearing cobwebs apart.
Though there’s not enough of them as yet
there will soon be much more. You can bet
that we’ve got a great start

with new folks from all over who share
and it seems that they really do care
with participation
in these threads. The more minds who join in
will make magic with us and begin
a brand new creation.

Posted by: JustDaniel Apr 22 13, 14:38

Whether new or renewal of old,
we will welcome them all to the fold
as they join us here.
We're encouraged as friends have joined in
leaving poems and crits in the bins.
It's allayed our fear!

Posted by: Larry Apr 26 13, 17:50

Though our fear of demise is allayed
there is something which has me dismayed
for it seems there’s a lack
of critiquing times two for each post.
Give and take is the jam on our toast
but some are holding back.

It’s okay in the forums like these
where we practice and hone our disease
till they write our obit.
I’d just like to see more poets bring
expertise to what needs polishing
and help a little bit.

Posted by: Larry Jul 16 13, 15:07

Have a Bite

I see my admonitions were vague
for this post has contracted the plague
though it’s not even sick.
Yes, it’s different, strange and quite new
so the reader might think or construe
it is all just a trick
but it’s not. Just a new way to write
Logarhymes and Limericks but you might
mix them up or confuse
which is which; with a similar bent.
They’re a marriage of forms which was sent
from my sweet little muse.
Try it out like a song you don’t know.
Have it dance off your tongue, let it grow
into word symphonies.
If you don’t, I’ll just prod you until
you give up. It’s a bite, not a meal
and I’m sure it will please!

Posted by: Cleo_Serapis Jul 16 13, 21:11

It is catchy Larry but requires my noggin to really think hard and too!

I shall give this another try!

~Cleo

Posted by: Larry Oct 30 13, 14:34

I’ll just push the old Loglimerhyme
to the top and perhaps in the climb
someone else will take note
that the form is so easy to write.
Even though the core message is trite
causing no one to gloat

it’s a fun exercise. Free the brain;
let it dance in your skull but remain
with tongue tucked in the cheek.
You won’t savor the flavor unless
you step up. Go ahead, make a mess
or its future looks bleak.

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 1 13, 07:26

Who could mess up a Loglimerhyme?
It's not hard if you just keep the time
with a Limerick beat.
If you're watching your feet, you will trip,
so get out there and try; let 'er rip!
You won't fall on your seat....

well you may, but if so, what the heck,
'cause we know that you won't break your neck;
it's your pride you may bruise.
Get back up; throw yourself in the dance.
Soon you'll laugh 'til you near pee your pants!
It's a game you can't lose.

Posted by: Larry Nov 13 13, 00:06

A loose game? Bet you can’t write just one.
It’s addictive and oh so much fun
to try different things
so instead, pen a Loglimerhyme
if you have any talent or time
but make sure your verse sings

or at least keeps the rhythm intact.
Oh, I’d guess you just think I’m a hack
in a Logarhyme world;
I had too many words for limericks
and I threw in a few just for tricks.
You’d be wrong, for I hurled

a new gauntlet to challenge the brain
in the face of those who would remain
walking in the same rut.
Don’t you know that your steps excavate?
Just step out before it’s much too late
and you’re up to your butt!

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 27 13, 10:48

Out of the Dumps

If you're up to your butt writing verse,
I don't think anything could be worse...
well, unless you are dead!
But keep writing a word at a time,
and don't worry if lines do not rhyme;
get them out of your head

onto paper, and then rearrange
them until they dispel or estrange
your depression; arise
from your bed. Write a poem to me
or to someone today you can see.
You can't do otherwise!

Posted by: Larry Dec 4 13, 00:50

Writer's Camp

Others wiser than me say, “You can’t!”
but I’ve always thought that was a rant
which I often ignored
because choice wasn’t given to me.
Writing has become my malady;
a disease I’ve adored

since my youth. I don’t care to be cured
of this chronic illness. It’s endured
and I hope it survives
this long stint where old echoes now reign.
In this forum is where I’ll remain
‘till the new crowd arrives.

Posted by: Larry Jun 23 15, 11:03

Want Adds

No new crowd has arrived. Wonder why?
Are they scared or just painfully shy
to reveal what they write.
Our critique will be mild, watered down
to the point where it won’t cause a frown;
filled with rancor or spite.

There’s no pressure when we socialize
because tweeting ‘round here just applies
to the birds in the trees.
Come and join with a friend or alone
to get help with your writing. We’ll hone
proses and poetries.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jun 23 15, 15:23

Want your prose or your poetry honed?
There's no fear that you may be dethroned;
we've no royalty.
We just offer a word or a tweak
or take note of your pace or technique...
and it's all for free.

Posted by: Larry Jun 24 15, 13:04

It's all free? That's too good to be true?
In these forums it's all about you
and the words you may post.
Here the "crits" mean critiques. This applies
to all help you ask for. Criticize?
Not one hint or a ghost
of the blatant rewrite you may find
on some sites. We are all of like mind
when it comes to your craft.
Whether sand to a pearl or a gem
that need polish; a tune to a hymn...
we won't give you the shaft.

Posted by: Larry Sep 8 15, 15:51

From the shaft of forgotten new forms
I have dredged this one up with the norms.
It may still fade away
but I’d like to give it one more chance
though it’s strange and you may look askance
it is on top today.
Logarhyme it is not for I’ve changed
a few metrics and thus rearranged
just a few minor things.
There are merely a few of them here
but it’s mine and I still hold it dear;
Loglimerhyme still sings.

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 10 15, 03:03

So you think your loglimerhymes sing
even without traditional bling?
I supposed that they do.
But my time is so limited now;
I've but time to show I still know how
to come up with your brew.

Posted by: Larry Sep 10 15, 18:54

What you do with the brew at this time
will not matter in this vacant clime
but it brings me a smile
so if your time is short, understand
you will never receive reprimand
and I thank you a pile.

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 11 15, 10:10

If your pile on your thanks I am pleased
because this is the place we have teased
whether we're all alone
or if someone else joins us to write
pieces here, whether serious or trite;
I am not on my own.

Posted by: Larry Sep 13 15, 15:13

On my own, would this form now exist
as a Logarhyme with a small twist
that has brought a few smiles?
I believe, if not for the mistakes
writing one with strange metrical breaks
and then you, with your wiles
gave Loglimerhyme life with a name
and although it will not achieve fame
I just hope that it riles
all the purists who turn up their nose.
They may like it and then I suppose
it will go in their files.

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 14 15, 05:11

Will it go in their files if they come
and discover amid our ho-hum
your new twist on a form?
I should hope that they would and perhaps
one of them will produce them in CAPS
till they've become the norm!

Posted by: Larry Sep 14 15, 21:53

‘Till becoming the norm it remains
abnormal until somebody deigns
to accept this new form
like the myriad variants passed
which some skeptics declared “it won’t last”
but it weathered the storm.

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 17 15, 07:31

If a storm has been weathered, does it
become older and scarred? does it sit
to recover its strength?
And how is it we are the ones
who could weather it? did we use guns
to shoot holes in its length?

Posted by: Larry Sep 17 15, 13:17

It’s the length where I shot all the holes;
not because of ulterior goals,
although I must admit
that it’s easier when writing trips
than iambic pentameter quips
and I think it’s a hit.

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 18 15, 09:07

If you think it's a hit we'll keep on
though I should be out mowing my lawn...
but the mower is down
so I'll finish this last little quip
even though I have run out of zip;
I am too tired to clown

Posted by: Larry Sep 19 15, 23:10

If a clown is too tired to amuse
and the small car he drives will not cruise
then the show is a flop
when the kids cannot laugh at his shtick
and he can’t even do one small trick
just take down the Big Top.

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 20 15, 00:52

If the Big Top is down the trapeze
can't be seen by the stands' absentees
and the lions don't roar.
There's no place for the horses to whiney
as they circle the grounds with that skinny
young woman, Amor.

Posted by: Larry Sep 20 15, 23:41

That young woman is skinny no more
and the horses she rode all abhor
her ascending to ride
on their back. One and all they’d adore
to unseat her but that’s a real chore;
although many have tried.

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 21 15, 07:33

Although many have tried to unseat her
it's their secret desire just to cleat her
and to keep her aground.
But alas she climbs up on their backs
and their tails often stick in their cracks
since their straining abounds.

Posted by: Larry Sep 22 15, 12:33

Straining with leaps and bounds makes no sense
when you’re riding a bull. Your defense
is to keep the rope tight
but I still say this sport’s for the dense
who are safer when riding the fence
which your head may bedight.

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 22 15, 14:12

If your head has bedighted a fence
I suspect that it's at your expense
since your body ain't there.
Did they cut it off, or did the bull
stomp your body so hard that your skull
lost most all of its hair?

Posted by: Larry Sep 23 15, 18:15

If you’ve lost all your hair; at least most
and it closely resembles a coast
of grey sand on the beach
don’t go spend all you cash on a car
that’s real fast, you are going to far
for your youth’s out of reach

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 24 15, 01:21

Oh, my youth's out of reach -- that's for sure;
even mem'ry of it is obscure
and I cannot recall
almost anything that I had done
when my life must have been mostly fun
back when I would crawl.

Posted by: Larry Sep 24 15, 14:47

When I learned how to crawl it was back
in an old 45 Pontiac;
there was plenty of room.
Then I crawled on the big roomy seat
and pulled up to the windows to meet
a new world that went zoom.

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 25 15, 00:52

suddenly all the world had zoomed past
and 69 had been run up the mast;
now it's coming back down
and that 70's dread will be there
freely flapping in sun or moon's air
will I soon be facedown?

Posted by: Larry Sep 26 15, 22:58

I will face down my fear very soon
like an old western gun fight at noon
but no shots will be fired.
Just a few minor thoughts to be changed
and hope Word will not have rearranged
what my muse has inspired.

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 27 15, 03:14

If my muse had inspired me to write
my productions would be far less trite
if I wrote anything.
but alas all that flows is this fluff
while she keeps shouting out, That's enough!
so she goes on the wing.

Posted by: Larry Sep 28 15, 21:23

On a wing and a prayer, off she goes
to help someone else write modern prose
with no rhythm or craft;
just a hodgepodge of disjointed thought
crammed together in hopes that it’s bought
by some minds that are daft.

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 28 15, 22:33

Yes, some buyers of prose may be daft
but the form of my poems is draft
and it may so remain;
who would buy anything that I write?
'haps it's best that it stay out of sight
of book-store domain.

Posted by: Larry Sep 29 15, 17:36

Of a book store’s domain, their intent
is to keep room for things yet to print
say some very rich guys
who control everything that we read
so in order for you to succeed
grease some palms and arise
to the fame you so richly deserve.
Feed the kitty and then you’ll observe
books that everyone buys.

Posted by: JustDaniel Sep 30 15, 05:09

books that everyone buys will be read
by and by unless readers are dead
to the words in the books;
if they sit on the library shelves
they may stay all alone by themselves
in the corners or nooks

Posted by: Larry Oct 1 15, 14:37

Nooks and corners are filled with old books
and in places where nobody looks
except for their I-pad
but when batteries die, the screen’s blank
and they’re wanting to read, they will thank
me for books and be glad.

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 2 15, 08:17

My four books are for making you glad
but they're not written yet, and it's sad
'cause they're all in my head
but I cannot remember a word
and I know that sounds very absurd
but it's true what I've said.

Posted by: Larry Oct 3 15, 21:42

If it’s true what you said about books
and your mind holds them all, then it looks
like they’ll go to your grave
but as memories fade I would say
write as much as you can anyway
go ahead and be brave.

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 4 15, 07:40

If I'm brave I could die bein' shot
by the guy try'n ta get what I've got
an' I tell 'im, "Hell no!"
I think I should just give 'im my bucks,
walk away while I'm sayin', "Aw shucks!"
an' still have life ta show!

Posted by: Larry Oct 5 15, 23:04

If a still life’s what you have to show
and you’ve really no places to go
just set down on your swing
in the morning with your favorite cup;
“you’ll be there for a while, fill it up”
listen to the birds sing.

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 6 15, 09:14

While you're listening to the birds sing
you can dream about having a fling
with your wife ere you die;
you could cruise to Caribbean isles
and carouse walking beaches for miles
or just sit there and sigh.

Posted by: Larry Oct 7 15, 13:00

I’ll just sit here and sigh with my wife,
maybe whittle a bit with my knife
as she frowns at the mess.
For we live in seclusion with trees
growing back to a height that will please
and no one to bring stress.

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 7 15, 16:58

So you've no one to stress you? Invite
me to visit a week; that is quite
all you'd need to erupt
into panic and throw me on out
of your house; there is simply no doubt
I'd begin to corrupt.

Posted by: Larry Oct 8 15, 22:37

If corruption begins while you’re here
we’ll just send you around to the rear
of the house with great speed
where we keep a large polled Herford bull
that will teach you when push comes to pull
with a leash, you can lead.

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 9 15, 08:03

With a leash you can lead a new pup
teaching him with a tug what is up
so he won't get you down;
you can walk to the park with your pet
while you show him some thing he can get
when you walk about town.

Posted by: Larry Oct 11 15, 23:35

When I walk about town with my pup
I must carry something to scoop up
what he will leave behind
because exercise moves his wee bowels
and he empties them or sits and howls
but that is so unkind.

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 12 15, 12:37

It is unkind to howl at your dog
just because he's afraid of the fog;
he won't find it funny.
Maybe you should go laugh at your rabbit
just because of his procreate habit;
he'll make you no bunny.

Posted by: Larry Oct 13 15, 22:27

“He will make me no bunnies”, you say!
That’s alright. Don’t want none anyway
because something’s amiss.
There’s no mention of pregnant young mates
and unless there’s bi-sexual traits;
parthenogenesis!

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 14 15, 16:06

In the Parthenon, read Genesis;
let us hope that your mind's not a mess
as the temple became
after Ottomans made it a mosque.
As you're reading, perhaps eat a Bosc
and creation exclaim!

Posted by: Larry Oct 14 15, 21:20

If creations explained to a “T”
from small gluons to our galaxy
Stephen Hawking would faint
for his theories on black holes and string,
on dark matter, damn near everything;
even some things that ain’t

would fill libraries up to the roof.
All he needed if he wants some proof
is to look at his thumb.
Like the super-compact matter “stuff”
as the big bang explodes “just enough”
ask, “where did it come from?”.

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 15 15, 04:30

If you know where it's from, you are God
or some seer who has come from abroad
where they know everything;
But I do not believe that they know
what they think, because they cannot show
you the head of the stream.

Posted by: Larry Oct 15 15, 21:52

If the head of the stream to the mouth
always flows from the north to the south
then we must be atop
the equator that bisects the earth
but they don’t run that way around Perth
where most creatures can hop.

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 16 15, 08:19

If you hop on a creature called Horse
you may fall on your bumper midcourse
in a big cloud of dust;
If you give up and try to hang ten
you could land on your bumper again
but the ocean's a must.

Posted by: Larry Oct 16 15, 11:05

When the ocean's a must to hang ten
and a surfboard's required to begin
with a tether attached
please be sure it's not shaped like a seal
because those seem to have shark appeal;
that's a sport to be scratched.

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 18 15, 14:30

When you're scratched while you're playing a sport
try a new team; it's your last resort
if you're wanting to play.
Since they placed you on waivers, just go
where you're given a place you can show
that you're in it to stay.

Posted by: Larry Oct 20 15, 22:28

If you’re in it to stay but you leave
had you always just planned to deceive
or did that come about
when you stopped being sure why you came
and you wanted someone else to blame
like that dumb talent scout.

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 23 15, 05:28

So your talent scout isn't so dumb
now that you have performed and become
such a favorite guy;
but you still think that he's not so smart
because your life is now ala carte
over there in Shanghai.

Posted by: Larry Oct 24 15, 22:54

Over there in Shanghai where we went
on a one day lay-over when sent
to the Viet-Nam war
I was less than impressed with the slum
by the dock and left there very glum
and still don’t know what for.

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 19 15, 05:53

I still don't know what I'm writing for
but our Lori had not locked the door
here to close down the site;
I'll just keep stimulating my friend
and hang on as though there is no end...
or until I lose sight.

Posted by: Larry Nov 19 15, 23:35

In this treasure, I’ll never lose sight
of the pleasures derived when I write
visiting this abode
and if Lori had closed down this place
my poor brain would require lots more space
for my head would explode.

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 20 15, 09:18

If my head would explode, I'm afraid
it won't go very far if they laid
all the layers out flat;
There ain't much left in there; it has shrunk
from what used to be stuffed in the trunk;
I suppose that is that.

Posted by: Larry Nov 22 15, 17:25

That is that I suppose unless this
could be that then I would be remiss
for my mixing the two
but if this and that are both the same
then we’ll be forced to give them a name
or chaos will ensue.

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 22 15, 23:35

When the chaos ensues will we live
or disperse like we've gone through a sieve
and be merged into All ?
I like order, myself, so I hope
it won't happen that way, or I'd grope;
with these knees I can't crawl!

Posted by: Larry Nov 24 15, 23:44

You can crawl but your knees will still hurt
even if you can find some soft dirt
but if chaos arrives
we’ll all be a primordial soup
made of atoms and chemical goop
that will give you the hives.

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 25 15, 08:10

I am glad you've not given me hives;
I'm allergic to bees; that revives
if they sting me again;
I don't swat at them; I keep away
from undue aggravation; they stay
in their province. Amen!

Posted by: Larry Nov 26 15, 00:11

In the province of men there’s a cave
where the world of sports made them a slave.
That is easily seen.
Food and beer in the fridge which they crave
and a john when they’re wanting to shave,
with a large T V screen.

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 26 15, 08:58

There's a large TV screen in my room
where I live while at home, in my womb;
it is blaring right now
'cause I'm half-deaf; it's in the background
while I sit here and write to confound
you with something to plow.

Posted by: Larry Nov 26 15, 23:22

Things to plow with my brow furrowed deep
which plant seeds that one needs and will keep
me inspired, not confound
can be found in the sound of each word
some in fun; hardly ever absurd.
Glad to have you around.

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 27 15, 11:16

Glad we're here having still one more round
while the others up there now abound...
and they're writing each day!
Not too long ago, I said to post
something there... and you'll soon be the toast
of the site. Patience pays!

Posted by: Larry Nov 29 15, 11:55

Patience pays but in what sort of coin
'cause I'm not really sure that we're goin'
to be blessed with success.
That, in time, will be shown when those few
who have joined us are no longer new
and get more; please, not less.

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 29 15, 13:53

A few more, more or less, sure would please
all of us, and I'm sure they will tease
your old muse to create.
We have prodded each other down here;
that they'll do it up there, I've no fear.
Hope it will not abate.

Posted by: Larry Nov 30 15, 14:23

Hope the bait which was cast will suffice
for it seems to have caught lots of nice
people who spin the word
into tapestries easy on eyes.
We’ll stay open if everyone tries
to attract that rare bird.

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 1 15, 04:30

If the bird that you cook is still rare
better open the oven; it's there
that the turkey belongs
for more time so you'll turn what is red
to a dark, tasty color... no dread
that you'd kill off the throng.

Posted by: Larry Dec 3 15, 10:11

If you killed off the throng with your food
that would be just a tad beyond rude
when you didn’t take care
to make sure little microbes were dead.
You’ll wind up in a cell with one bed
and your goose is cooked there.

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 4 15, 05:32

Don't be cooking your goose in a Turk!
You can bet that it takes too much work
just to bind and gag
Muslim fam'ly that moved in next door;
don't be racist, my friend; I implore
you to open that bag!

Posted by: Larry Dec 7 15, 19:24

If you open that bag you will find
the remains of a lunch left behind
which exudes quite a smell
from a sandwich that’s built of some cheese
and anchovies; you may gag and sneeze
but at least it’s not stale.

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 9 15, 07:56

If the bread were not stale would the smell
be less rancid? Can't un-ring a bell!
It's strange how you think!
Smelly's smelly... especially fish,
and a bag of it really is ish;
what a horrible stink!

Posted by: Larry Dec 9 15, 21:37

Stinks are horrible but there’s a scale
between fish and a skunk’s toxic smell
which will never wash off
but the homeless, where hunger’s their due
and some leftovers which they eschew,
hold their nose and don’t scoff.

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 12 15, 08:30

Those who look down their nose at the poor
could well soon have their son at the door
begging money or food
after downing their pills or is drunk,
lost his job or his wife or is sunk
or just did what ain't good.

Posted by: Larry Dec 14 15, 22:03

If he did what ain’t good then it’s just
that he gets his self caught in a bust
and then thrown into jail
for the lessons unlearned in his youth
will hit home as the God’s honest truth;
don’t you dare go his bail.

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 15 15, 02:46

You might tell him, I'll bail you out once,
but remember that I'm not a dunce;
you must learn from this.
If you end up in jail once again
I will visit you there with great pain
and a goodbye kiss.

Posted by: Larry Dec 17 15, 15:04

With a goodbye kiss and a quick pat
on the butt to remind him of that
danger while he’s in there
'cause some lifers look for the new meat
so when showering, please take a seat
and soap down in a chair.

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 23 15, 07:59

Don't use soap while you're cleaning your hair;
it will flatten it down. Folks will stare
at your matted mess.
Use shampoo and conditioner too;
it will loosen the gunk and the goo.
My advice you'll bless.

Posted by: Larry Dec 24 15, 09:48

When you’re blessed with advice you may choose
which might work and which ones you will use
if you trust those who give
but with all things, that shadow of doubt
makes you wonder what it’s all about
and winnow with a sieve.

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 24 15, 14:54

When you winnow, your sieve sometimes breaks,
and you make some gosh-awful mistakes;
chaff gets mixed with wheat.
When you shake, some ends up in your pants
and your skin dries, attracting large ants
who then try to eat.

Posted by: Larry Dec 27 15, 09:33

If attracting large ants you would eat
dip them in chocolate sauce for a treat
that you’ll simply adore
just like popcorn with butter and salt
you’ll run out. Problem comes to a halt
with a few on the floor.

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 27 15, 15:14

If the ants on the floor tempt your tongue
I'm not likely to be there among
all your chocolate freaks
who like critters you've covered with ooze
and the others you want to amuse
with your sweet techniques.

Posted by: Larry Dec 28 15, 18:57

My techniques may be sweet but their sure
to attract most of earth’s epicure
‘cept the United States
where if it does not grow in plain sight
and has more than four legs, causes fright
when it’s put on their plates.

Posted by: Larry Dec 28 15, 18:57

Sorry, double entry!

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 28 15, 23:18

If it's there on your plate, you're to eat
everything, whether bitter or sweet;
that's the way it is
when your parents were depression kids;
simple pinching of pennies forbids
any wasteful biz.

Posted by: Larry Dec 30 15, 13:56

Wasteful business; a Christmas forte
when the stores put on sales. You don’t pay
‘till the bill’s coming due.
You spend money you don’t have to cheer
relatives and some folks you hold dear.
Happy New Year to you!



and to all your family too!

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 31 15, 10:19

We wish Happy New Year to you
and to all of your family too
and those still there
clinging on to your hos tility
( missing pital, replaced with a t )
till you've lost hair.

Posted by: Larry Dec 31 15, 11:27

I still have all my hair but it's white
as the new fallen snow but it might
go away without doubt
for as snow melts away, it displays
lots of work that will take many days;
I'll be pulling it out.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 1 16, 08:18

When you're pulling it out by the roots
you'll discover that having hair suits
you a lot better now;
it's too late not to have a toupee
unless you have the money to pay
for transplant know-how.

Posted by: Larry Jan 2 16, 23:36

If you have transplant know-how with hair
and you have a few sprigs you can share
I’d like some on my face
for my Indian heritage lacked
that ability and it’s a fact
of a beard, there’s no trace.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 3 16, 15:17

If you don't have the trace of a beard
when you're young it will not have appeared
when you're old and gray.
But if you've an abundance of hair
that gets thin as you age, it's a fair
bet to go away.

Posted by: Larry Jan 4 16, 15:01

On a bet, I could go away shaved
for a year maybe two having braved
no tonsorial ilk
and the hair that had grown on my face
could be licked by a cat without trace
just by adding some milk

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 6 16, 03:05

Just by adding some milk to your coffee
you could make your associates scoffy;
they think they're tough.
They expect that you drink your joe black,
but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Black pitched in the Majors way back;
he was not enough.

Posted by: Larry Jan 6 16, 18:12

Though his pitch was not nearly enough
and it floated like some ball of fluff
for a strike at the knees.
Major Leaguers at bat choked off chuckles
‘till they tried to swing at his slow knuckles
but they’d stand there and freeze.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 7 16, 09:27

If you stand and freeze in the winter
because you're afraid of a splinter
then you need to sit
on a seat that is not made of wood;
if you do you will find that you could
warm yourself a bit.

Posted by: Larry Jan 8 16, 22:24

If you’re warming yourself just a bit
then make sure the fireplace is well lit
and will last for a while
when you go for a sleigh ride outside
you won’t come back and find it has died
‘cause you’ll splinter that smile.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 12 16, 17:53

If you're fond of a splintery smile
you can chew on soft wood for awhile;
rake across your lips.
I'm not sure why you'd want to do that;
if you do, please keep hold of your hat;
it could do some flips.

Posted by: Larry Jan 14 16, 23:36

Doing flips with a hat on your head
might require a string larger than thread
to hold it in its place
because gravity might make it slip
while you are upside down in a flip
and you’ll land on your face.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 15 16, 02:18

If you land on your face in the street
in a marathon, you can't compete;
get your butt on the bus.
All those ambulance people are nice
and their treatment of you will suffice
till you come back to us.

Posted by: Larry Jan 17 16, 22:51

When you come back to us you’ll have scars
on your face emulating the cars
that roll up and down streets
but that asphalt is rough on your skin
and an ass’ fault to do it again
so we don’t want repeats.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 31 16, 17:41

It's a tough guy who wants to repeat
fallin' face-down right there in the street
but his butt is clean
'til the pain grows somewhere in his belly
an' the poop flows like PB and jelly
oozin' out between.

Posted by: Larry Feb 2 16, 00:42

Oozing out between slices of toast
are ingredients I love the most
for my breakfast or snack
but your use and analogous pick
when referring to poop makes me sick,
now those PBJ sandwiches I’ll lack.

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 2 16, 07:25

If you're lacking the mourn's PBJ
it's as though all the skies turned to gray
so the sun hasn't shined.
Spread the PB and J a bit thin
on your toast so it won't ooze, to then
leave your trauma behind.

Posted by: Larry Feb 3 16, 00:38

There you go with behinds, trauma stays
while my stomach is growling; eyes glaze
and again with the ooze.
I’ll just eat muffulettas instead
with a nice olive salad for spread;
as a meal, you can’t lose.

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 16 16, 16:16

If you're losing your meals to the mice
then perhaps you could use some advice:
keep your kitchen more clean!
If you're constantly leaving out crumbs
and set out lots of food for your chums,
mice will take years to wean!

Posted by: Larry Feb 18 16, 09:57

If it takes years to wean mice you raise
then they must be for pets or a maze
and you wear a lab coat
but the mice in my house lose their lives
as do all of their children and wives
and my cats sit and gloat.

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 19 16, 09:44

If your cat sits and gloats when you trip,
later comes to lick blood off your lip
and you pat on its head,
you're a sucker for bad pet abuse
so beware that your dog might seduce
you to be overfed.

Posted by: Larry Feb 22 16, 00:31

Overfeeding one’s pet is abuse
and for that there can be no excuse
for a friend you adore,
gout and pain in their joints plus the weight
may cause things you don’t anticipate
when they go on your floor.

Posted by: Larry Jun 4 16, 07:40

If they go on the floor clean it up
and remind yourself, she’s just a pup
that you haven’t yet trained
to request a short trip out of doors
and when business is done, she explores
with a friend she has gained.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jun 9 16, 19:37

If she's gained a new friend while in heat
you had best not your walk there repeat
lest she have some new pups.
Find a place in your yard she can poo
where the visitors are she and you
and where no suitor sups.

Posted by: Larry Jun 13 16, 14:29

Suitors sup in the sleazy nowhere
as they try to convince women there
they’re the best they can do
but the ladies with class or a brain
never frequent such dives and abstain
allures of an old shoe.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jun 14 16, 04:59

If allured by a shoe that is old
or because of the hue of its mold
you should find things to do
that have value; perhaps you could write
a great ode, even something that's trite
and then take a long poo.

Posted by: Larry Jun 14 16, 22:01

If you take a long poo, bring a book
that you’ve read and others overlook
for the roll may be short
so when business is done, you’ve no qualm
in extracting a page for your palm;
use the index to start.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jun 15 16, 21:00

If you start with your index to poo
I will say I feel sorry that you
must get going that way;
try a laxative when you relax
and I think you will find you won't tax
that long digit. Okay?

Posted by: Larry Jun 15 16, 21:59

That long digit's okay when you point
but I doubt anyone would anoint
it with something like poo.
Like proctologist who might suggest
an inspection after your behest
that the middle will do.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jun 16 16, 14:44

If you're greeting your friends with the middle
I'd suggest you'll do nothing but piddle
all alone at your home;
outstretched arms or at least a handshake
the beginning of friendships remake
and could end your syndrome.

Incorrect original:

If you're greeting your friends with the middle
I'd suggest you'll do nothing but piddle
all alone at home;
outstretched arms or at least a handshake
the beginning of friendships remake
and could end your syndrome.

Posted by: Larry Jun 17 16, 14:19

If you use your sin drone you could end
up in court with no one to defend
privacy’s you’ve incurred
for your neighbors with pets will all say
they thought it was a large bird of prey
and gunshots were then heard.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jun 21 16, 01:37

If you're hearing gunshots in your yard
it's much harder to be a good bard,
'cause you're dropping your pen.
Find a quieter place then to write
where the shots can't be heard and your sight
is on what, how and when.


Incorrect original:

If you're hearing gunshots in your yard
it's much harder to be a good bard,
'cause you drop your pen.
Find a quieter place then to write
where the shots can't be heard and your sight
is on how and when.

Posted by: Larry Jun 22 16, 11:01

How and when on a Loglimerhyme
is three sets with three beats every time
except two in the third
so the metrical flow, da da dum
won’t disturb those who read because some
think it’s missing a word.



Sorry Daniel!

Posted by: JustDaniel Jun 26 16, 14:12

Some seem missing a word, 'cause they are;
I am not a loglimerhyme star...
just a follower-on.
I have taken your shots without tears;
I'm engaging and shifting my gears;
I'm reduced to a pawn.



(Kidding, of course... thanks for reminding me; I do recall feeling something was wrong when I wrote the last two, which I've now corrected. Should have been more careful!)

Posted by: Larry Jun 27 16, 22:27

If reduced to a pawn in the game
then I’d say that your gambit’s to blame
for this loss in the test
but as far as your writing’s concerned
I’ll thank you for the things I have learned
and believe you’re the best.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jun 28 16, 02:18

If you think I'm the best, I'm afraid
that examples of others arrayed
must have been paltry few;
I am simply a guy with word-play
about anything that people say
and my friendships undo.

Posted by: Larry Jun 29 16, 10:09

If you undo your friendship with me
I’m afraid this poor site’s lost at sea
so I’ll follow each string
and with care I shall copy and paste
all my posts. Wouldn’t want them to waste
on dead vines where they cling.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jun 30 16, 19:02

If we cling on the vines, 'haps they'll live
unless someone drops by with a shiv
and stabs us in the gut;
that ain't likely, so just post away
being sure that your friend here will stay
with some silly input.

Posted by: Larry Jul 3 16, 14:36

Silly input is what we both write.
Why, sometimes, we just do it for spite
or to see what effect
it might have when the visitor comes
but you never can say we are bums
and our site we’ll neglect.

Posted by: Larry Jul 20 16, 19:51

The neglect on our site makes me pause
to post anything there “just because”
there’s a place I can write
so with care, I will manage each phrase
to bring smiles or perhaps to amaze
and refrain from the trite.

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 2 16, 05:28

Refrain from the trite? I cannot!
but occasionally I will allot
time to write something wise

or astute, or a poem with worth;
heaven knows when my muse will give birth
to a gem of some size.

Posted by: Larry Aug 2 16, 23:18

Gems of size are to some an expense
but to others it makes little sense
to be ostentatious
for what matters is its clarity
and emotions induced. I’ll just be
a bit more loquacious.

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 7 16, 15:40

If a poem is loquacious, methinks
it's more likely than not that it stinks
or at least has a smell
that is not living up to your taste;
don't you think that it would be a waste
should you write so pell-mell?

Posted by: Larry Aug 8 16, 23:21

Can Sur-charge

Should you write Pall Mall for a discount
if you smoke them in any amount
or just pay the full price
which they tax to the max and beyond
for health purposes? You’re being conned;
‘cause you pay for it twice!

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 15 16, 05:38

Is it better to pay for it twice
when you in the end pay it thrice
when you cough up and die?
It is free if you put the things down
while you're learning to live with a frown
that will melt to a sigh.

Posted by: Larry Aug 15 16, 18:07

I have melted with sighs twice before;
laid them down, tore them up, shut the door
on a habit most foul
but much like PTSD, my mood
went to telling my friends to get screwed
and caused them to all scowl.

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 16 16, 10:33

I'm surprised that someone has a scowl
and that your mouth composed something foul
that would have to be scratched
if you spoke it in public, or here
where we'd cover such words with veneer
so their eggs can't be hatched.

Posted by: Larry Aug 16 16, 22:14

If your eggs are all hatched, you can count
the small chicks which you have. The amount
may not equal your need
but if all of them grow and lay more
I believe you’ll have chickens galore
and go broke buying feed.

Posted by: JustDaniel Aug 20 16, 07:36

Grow your feed for the chickens to save
mucho bucks, and you will be the rave
of the coop when you do;
but you could let the grain go all foul;
if it happens you'll lose all your fowl
and you won't be worth poo.

Posted by: Larry Aug 21 16, 14:24

“Not worth poo!” An appraisal at best
for a soil additive I once guessed
would improve a new crop
of tomatoes and corn in my field
and if used, it would increase the yield
but the poo was a flop.

Posted by: Larry Sep 28 16, 22:59

Poo that flops on the ground comes from cows
which the farmer will use when he plows
up his fields when he plants
but it must be well dried or the seed
will burn up for wet poo will impede
a good crop with no chance.

Posted by: Larry Oct 20 16, 13:42

Poetry… out’o Site

I don’t tweet, post to face-book or skype
and believe social networking’s hype
is for folks all alone
in a world where technology’s king.
Fear of personal contact will bring
them to every time zone
but no human to touch. Do they feel
that the friends they have made are for real
and should they really care
if the hits on their posts lie there dead.
Maybe talking to someone instead
you’d have something to share.
That’s the reason I’ll write on this site
‘till they turn out the lights, say good-night
and the Mosaic’s done.
When that time rolls around I’ll survive
for I saved everything on hard drive
but it has sure been fun.

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 25 16, 11:01

If ya write, and ye're still havin' fun
it beats holl'win' yer head with a gun
'cause ya ain't got no friends.
It don't matter if few ever read,
and their absence will never impede
what ya write fer yer ends.

Posted by: Larry Oct 27 16, 16:56

There’s no end to what I like to write
and I’ve found so much more on this site
walking through Karnak’s cave
where the spiders and webs which they weave
have festooned doors and walls. They deceive
timid folks but the brave
such as I and a few stalwart friends
who realize a muse works without ends
when she doesn’t desert.
So spelunker this mosaic maze
and write down a few things, start a craze
‘cause it won’t even hurt.

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 29 16, 08:51

At the present it hurts I've no time
to sit down with good meter and rhyme
so I jot down this puff
just to keep the juice flowing a bit
and prevent my friend's having a fit;
we don't want Larry gruff!

Posted by: Larry Oct 30 16, 13:45

It’s too late, Larry’s gruff since his teens
when a register fell on his genes;
from soprano to bass
he descended without any choice.
Though a few vocal cracks in his voice
brought embarrassment’s trace,
he was pleased with the change that it brought
and was glad that sight-reading was taught
in the choir where he sang.
What was once soaring arpeggios
had become a clef change where the toes
of the lowest notes hang.

Posted by: JustDaniel Oct 30 16, 18:47

If your lowest notes hang around G
you're a baritone as I might be,
but watch out after colds!
I go down to an A,B or C
well below the bass clef, so you see
then I break all the molds.

Posted by: Larry Oct 31 16, 14:57

I don’t break any molds with the sound
of an E below low C. I’ve found
those vibrations to please
any barbershop quartet I’m in
but when warming up mornings, begin
to run out of low keys.

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 2 16, 04:23

If you're losing your keys every morn
perhaps memory-loss has been born
that evacuates brains
to enable our rocking on porches
playing checkers by light from the torches
that show belly-stains.

Posted by: Larry Nov 3 16, 08:02

Belly stains will not show if you use
a big napkin for when you miss chews
going into your mouth
but instead, food falls on to your lap
and the napkin stays clean from the scrap;
tuck it in further south.

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 5 16, 11:47

If you're tucking it in further south
the Bahamas have taken your mouth
where it's warmer to drink
before going to bed in just sheets
to the tune of those great island beats
when you land in the clink.

Posted by: Larry Nov 7 16, 17:50

When you land and go clink you may find
that your I-phone broke as your behind
hit the ground when you fell;
tell the phone company it got warm
and you didn’t want it to do harm
or complain by e-mail.

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 12 16, 13:33

If with email is how you complain
you'd be better off if you'd abstain
so you're not wasting time;
I for one never open such mail
any more than I'm gobbling kale;
better off to write rhyme!

Posted by: Larry Nov 13 16, 16:30

Bets are off if you’re here to write rhyme
or free verse and prose you think sublime
for few eyes will peruse
those unique thoughts. Astute turns of phrase
that you felt would impress and amaze,
gather dust like old news
which one finds in a parakeet’s cage.
It may make some quite sad or enrage
those with tempers which fray
but I’m here to the end with friend, Dan
writing fluff which some other sites ban
as just merely word play.

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 14 16, 06:37

When I'm playing with words, it is fun
even if reading eye is but one
and your other one sleeps...
though if that is the case, come to think,
that would probably push to the brink
of my getting the creeps!

Posted by: Larry Nov 15 16, 00:28

I’m for getting the creeps off the street
who, like children denied something sweet,
scream and holler “no fair”
but majority rules and she’s lost
at a vulgar extravagant cost
because he had a pair.

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 16 16, 15:41

If he claims that he has a big pear
get your knife out and stand and just stare
at his crotch 'til he blinks;
tell him he hasn't shared yet, and you
will expect a large piece with no stew
as he bows and then slinks.

Posted by: Larry Nov 17 16, 23:26

When he slinks with his bow hunting deer;
rising over tall grass is his rear
which a buck may mistake
for a doe who’s in heat during rut
and the hunter will find that his butt
is a chance bucks might take.

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 18 16, 06:31

If you like taking chances with bucks
you may find that the stock market sucks
out your life in the end;
then again, do you have other choices?
there are so many conflicting voices...
many ways to misspend!

Posted by: Larry Nov 19 16, 00:28

There are so many ways to misspend
when you’re speaking of stocks; you depend
on a broker you know.
First you research betas and p/e’s
and the 52 week vagaries
then buy everything low.
If the company’s good, it survives
and it’s value and stock price soon thrives
but if it ever stalls
sell an option on each hundred shares
and if it doesn’t rise, no one dares
to claim your covered calls.

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 19 16, 11:34

I don't know how to cover a call;
and in fact I know nothing at all
about dealing with stocks.
It's a good thing I've not lots of money
'cause then every day, rainy or sunny
brokers would come in flocks.

Posted by: Larry Nov 20 16, 09:10

If the brokers come at you in flocks
to invest everything but your socks
ask if they guarantee
that the stocks which they pick will all rise,
no excuses or lame alibis
or you’ll call S.E.C

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 21 16, 05:51

If you call yourself S.E.X.Y.
I suppose I'd be wondering why?
Do you think I can't spell?
Or is it just a sensitive word?
In your house is the term never heard?
Is it such a bombshell?

Posted by: Larry Nov 21 16, 15:18

It’s a bombshell to hear I’m not cute
and be told that I’m just an old coot.
Oh, it would be a crime
to realize my good looks now abate
but I guess it is never too late
to use mirrors sometime.

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 22 16, 00:13

When we've taken some time in the glass
of the mirror it wipes away sass
so that we can be real.
When we look at ourselves honestly
it can somehow be setting us free...
that we ain't no big deal.

Posted by: Larry Nov 22 16, 18:04

We are not a big deal it would seem,
if we were then our halls would just team
with new poets galore;
but our efforts are none the less strong
for we’ve found a nice place to belong.
We can’t ask for much more.

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 23 16, 05:56

We can't ask for much more than a place
to hang out without satin and lace
so that we feel at home.
We can talk about poems all day
without someone to hear what we say;
it's a meager shalom.

Posted by: Larry Nov 23 16, 09:34

A “Shalom” is a meager reply
when one’s saying hello or good-bye
like “Aloha”, its use
leaves me wondering if we’ve just met
or you’re leaving. Don’t know! I forget.
Conversational truce?

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 24 16, 03:40

If you want conversational truce
you must stop all the verbal abuse
that you learned as a child;
say, "I love you" and show that it's true
with a friendship that sticks like a glue
as you live meek and mild.

Posted by: Larry Nov 24 16, 18:16

If you’re living your life meek and mild
then you’ll probably never get riled
by the things people say
about you or the names you are called
because when all of us are enthralled
in the end, they will pay

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 26 16, 05:50

Not insured? In the end, you will pay
all your medical bills on the day
that you drop in for aid.
If you're bleeding and spilling your guts
and are covered with torn clothes and cuts
they will ask how they're paid.

Posted by: Larry Nov 27 16, 09:05

When they ask how they’re paid you can share
that you’re covered by Obamacare
but you better work fast
because Donald has vowed to repeal
that debacle and healthcare’s new deal
is a thing of the past.

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 27 16, 20:00

We will see what's a thing of the past
'cause it's always so hard to forecast
a political scene.
What is said on the road seems to fade
when reality comes to invade
20 Jan. '17.

Posted by: Larry Nov 28 16, 21:40

January nineteenth will reveal
if inauguration is his deal
and the plans he espoused
will bear fruit but surprise may just greet
with electoral college defeat
because Hillary groused.

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 29 16, 01:11

If old Hillary finds lots of grouse
in the field where she hunts with her spouse
they can have a fine meal.
It's unlikely that he will hunt fowl;
he would rather a girl in a towel;
it's for such he has zeal.

Posted by: Larry Nov 29 16, 17:45

He has zeal but that’s all he has left
of his power and youth. He’s bereft
of what was sex appeal
but his eyes still roam like a tom cat.
Hillary always wonders where at
he hides Viagra pills.

Posted by: JustDaniel Nov 30 16, 15:48

If his Viagra pills now are hidden
but the bed seems to still have been ridden
ask him where he has been;
you must check him for each hour at home
and be sure, 'cause if he starts to roam
he'll see Alice again!

Posted by: Larry Dec 1 16, 08:50

He may roam to see Alice once more
but eluding his wife is a chore
because Hillary’s clan
has been told to keep track of old Bill
long ago and they’re watching him still
when he’s in wonderland.

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 1 16, 14:45

Dolly's wonderland almost got charred
but escaped what some others found hard
when they lost their house.
But Ms. Parton will give a cool grand
to each household whose home doesn't stand,
for six months... sweet-heart blouse.

Posted by: Larry Dec 2 16, 08:58

For six months her heart blouse had looked sweet
until ripping apart at a pleat
from a small weakened thread
that brought pressure to parts of her clothes;
seams and buttons gave way to expose
two as large as my head.

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 3 16, 20:32

^{Blushing correction:}

If what's under her blouse filled your head
with unspeakable pictures that fed
some imagined retreat
where you thought you'd compete and have fun;
I'm afraid you're no thoroughbred, son!
May as well take a seat.


Original limerick goof!

If what's under her blouse filled your head
with unspeakable pictures that fed
some imagined retreat
where you thought you'd compete
for her body... you're no thoroughbred!

Posted by: Larry Dec 4 16, 09:46

You’re not thorough for your body bred
a nice limerick. Loglimerhyme fled
from your fingers in fright.
Is it somewhere inside of your head,
waiting there to be posted instead
of a good sleep at night.

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 4 16, 20:20

If a good sleep at night is what's needed
I'm afraid I have long been impeded
'cause I'm in a chair
to prevent indigestion and raise
up my legs, like you would in a chaise...
and I cap my sparse hair.

Posted by: Larry Dec 5 16, 10:24

If you cap your sparse hair with toupees
do they keep your scalp warm or just raise
people’s eyebrows who see
an old gentleman with lots of hair
when they know that his head may be bare.
Comfort or vanity?

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 6 16, 14:50

Does your vanity comfort your eyes
as your stare at your silly disguise
in the mirror it bears?
Put the make-up away in its drawer
and avoid all the means you explore
to avoid all our scares.

Posted by: Larry Dec 7 16, 09:44

To avoid any scares when you cook
you must make sure you get out the book
of those good recipes
which you’ve eaten for most of your life.
Most were penned by your sweet loving wife
and you’d like them to please.

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 8 16, 00:44

If you're looking to please that old tongue
simply twist it inside like you're young;
just be sure that your wife
is consenting to do it with you
and that she's not engaged in a stew
or you'll stir up great strife.

Posted by: Larry Dec 8 16, 16:34

Stir up strife and some think you are great
but most folks you will alienate
with your crass attitude.
Why not be a peacekeeper instead
by remembering what Jesus said;
you don’t have to be rude.

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 9 16, 02:40

You don't have to be rude to offend
if you're never PC. In the end
you'll find someone's been pissed.
Are you twittering still every day?
It is time that you put it away;
simply try to resist.

Posted by: Larry Dec 9 16, 12:16

Simply try to resist and you’ll fail,
it takes effort if you would excel
in almost anything.
After every attempt at your goal
you’ll gain virtues that people extol
and endeavors take wing.

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 10 16, 10:33

For John Glenn, his endeavors took wing
after doing almost anything;
he's a truly great man.
He was famous for floating around
the whole globe, way up off of the ground;
he had many a fan.

Posted by: Larry Dec 10 16, 22:32

She had many a fan to employ
when she danced on the stage. Men enjoy
watching her move her hips
but each one’s fondest wish won’t come true
for the feathers are held with good glue
and not one of them slips.

Posted by: Larry Dec 22 16, 11:16

One slip-knot may solve all of our ills
if it’s used properly when one kills
like they did way out west.
Empty prisons with all their appeals
of insanity’s plea when blood spills
at the hangman’s behest.

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 24 16, 07:53

When they hissed at the hangman he smiled
since he lapped it all up when reviled;
he just tended his ropes.
He constructed the gallows with glee
since the felons were no longer to free;
there would be no elopes.

Posted by: Larry Dec 25 16, 10:29

Can’t elope when you don’t have a car
and your thumb won’t get you very far
so you might as well wed.
You’d look bad dressed in feathers and tar
and you don’t want your balls in a jar
like her daddy has said.

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 25 16, 13:12

If her daddy likes balls in a jar
buying marbles won't go very far
making him fond of you.
You had best get your steed out of town
with/without her in her bridal gown
lest your gonads be through.

Posted by: Larry Dec 26 16, 15:44

Ole

If you’re through with your gonads at last
and some guy has admired your repast
and has asked for the same
but is told by the short-order cook
that there’s only one serving, but look,
come tomorrow and claim
the day’s breakfast but be first in line.
Sure enough, when they opened at nine
the guy asked for it all.
When his breakfast came with a surprise
for the gonads he got were half-size
and he asked, “Why so small?”
He was told of the daily bull fight
where the loser was dressed out each night.
The cook said with a grin,
“What you saw yesterday on that plate
was a matador’s triumph; he’s great
but sometimes, the bulls win.

Posted by: JustDaniel Dec 31 16, 17:06

When a guy's full of bull he may win
all the arguments where they drink gin
and the far stronger stuff.
But if he is debating while sober
he'll be taking from June to October
just to have a rebuff.

Posted by: Larry Jan 1 17, 13:17

If you have to rebuff your old heap
‘cause the wax that you used was real cheap
and would not hold a shine
I’d suggest let Earl Scheib do his stuff
with a paint-job you don’t have to buff
while you sing Old Lang Syne.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 1 17, 19:34

If you sing Auld Lang Syne at this hour
then I think last night's pints you empower
to hang over too long;
if you keep up this pitiful folly
we could soon see you sucking a lolly
while you're doffing a thong!

Posted by: Larry Jan 2 17, 19:59

While you’re doffing a thong on the beach
look for signs so the women won’t screech
when your junk’s hanging loose
as one part by the shore is reserved
for the nudist and if you’d observed
all the rest’s public use.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 2 17, 20:45

If you use public places to rest
you can sit there and grunt with great zest;
you don't care what they think.
But for me I must be a bit careful
where I sit for relief and be bareful;
I'm afraid of the stink.

Posted by: Larry Jan 3 17, 22:29

“I’m afraid of the skink,” said the child
who liked animals out in the wild
and enjoyed giving chase
but when caught, most of them shed their tail
in your hand and fears rise without fail;
“It’s a snake with no face!”

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 6 17, 23:13

If the snake has no face, is it poop?
Does it always show up when you swoop
on the rabbit at dark?
You can tell any tale that you like
as you did to your kid on the trike;
just don't hunt in the park.

Posted by: Larry Jan 7 17, 11:31

When you hunt in the park for big game
but you can’t find a trophy you’d claim
and hang up on your wall
then I’d say that your hunt was a flop
like a basketball playing short-stop;
find a game not so tall.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 7 17, 12:58

If you've looked high and low for a game
but can't find it, perhaps you could blame
your sad lack of sleep
or, the snow is too deep
to find golf balls that you can reclaim.

Posted by: Larry Jan 7 17, 21:47

Another Limerick, huh Daniel?


If you’re finding golf balls to reclaim
for your new business venture, its fame
is assured because shmoes
slice and hook into woods, ponds and rough
and when lost, they don’t look hard enough
so they’ll never be pros.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 8 17, 01:17

I will not be a pro 'limerhymer
but perhaps you will be my refiner
so don't give up on me.
I get lost in the weeds when I'm sick
like I've been this past week; you can kick-
start me; just wait and see.

Posted by: Larry Jan 8 17, 12:01

A kick start when I’m waiting’s not just
nor do I feel that you should be cussed;
I eschew foot and mouth
to be used as a goad for one’s muse.
Though I have a sharp tongue and big shoes,
we have patience down south!

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 9 17, 00:29

I no longer have patience down there
'cause it seems to relieve unaware
and more often each day.
I've been moved to be praying when prostrate
for what may be a problem with prostate;
wonder what doc will say.

Posted by: Larry Jan 9 17, 10:56

Wonder what doc will say or deduce
when examining front and caboose
for malfunctioning guts
but I’d guess he’ll proscribe some new med
which will keep you at home and in bed
without ifs, ands or buts.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 9 17, 22:19

If your if, and and butt keep you home
and you have time for reading a tome
but you still cannot sleep
you should stop drinking coffee and tea
'cause the caffeine just makes you agree
that the daylight's a creep.

Posted by: Larry Jan 10 17, 08:50

That the daylight will creep through the shade
and stab you in the eyes like a blade
happens time and again
so you try to close up the small slit
in the blinds but you may as well quit
‘cause you’re not sleeping in.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 10 17, 11:18

I had tried to sleep in yesterday
but the grandkids decided to play
on the bed in my room;
I joined in for a while till my eyes
couldn't stand any more, and with sighs
chased them out with a broom.

Posted by: Larry Jan 10 17, 16:37

If you’re chasing grandkids with a broom
straddle it like a horse, say zoom, zoom
until they want to ride
on that magical steed you inspired.
Let them know that it never gets tired
then you go back inside.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 11 17, 15:23

When you go back inside, lock the door;
you'll have time then to mop up the floor
before they come back in.
When they've all had their fill of the snow
you can feed them their lunch and then show
them that naps are for men.

Posted by: Larry Jan 12 17, 00:39

Naps for men; what an excellent thing
to be taken in Winter, not Spring
for that’s when we have chores.
Mow the grass, plant a garden, trim tree
for that’s where our new hammock will be
for that nap out of doors.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 12 17, 04:46

If you nap out-of-doors in the snow
it won't be long before you can't blow
up balloons with your breath.
If you think that pneumonia ain't big
and that you really don't give a fig
then you're flirting with death.

Posted by: Larry Jan 12 17, 09:33

Only fools flirt with death and they mush
to another adrenaline rush;
simple pleasures won’t do
like a family outing or friends
sharing life as though it never ends.
Why the rush to be through?





First line did read "Only fools flirt with death and then rush"

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 13 17, 01:47

When you rush to get through and use rush
for your rhyme in two lines for a rush
and then use it again
I must ask, Why the rush to get through?
Must you rush home to fry your Purdue?
Will you sprinkle cayenne?

Posted by: Larry Jan 13 17, 14:47

Will you sprinkle cayenne in each gash
made with barbs for one word? You tongue-lash
when a heads-up would do;
but I guess that is what you intend.
I shall edit post haste but my friend
I like paprika too.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 14 17, 04:36

Does my pap reek o' witherin' scribbles
making fun o' yer 'casional dribbles?
I was just makin' fun.
Now don't tell me your skin is so skinny
that you'd sit in a corner and whinny
while avoiding the sun.

Posted by: Larry Jan 14 17, 21:40

While avoiding the sun at the beach
he applied two sun-blocks, one of each
with an SPF ten
thinking they would add up and suffice
to protect and keep tan looking nice
but now he’s peeling skin.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 15 17, 04:22

If your skin's not appealing to you
go and visit your local free zoo
and see what those guys wear.
There ain't one who has prettier feet,
and the hands that they have can't defeat
yours; they touch my heart here.

Posted by: Larry Jan 15 17, 21:00

Touch my heart here and there in this space
is a good cardiologist’s place
but it might skip a beat
if arrhythmia is what I have
or perhaps a defective heart valve.
Say a prayer and repeat.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 16 17, 04:46

Stay in prayer every day and repeat
realization that God's on his seat
in his Heavenly realm.
There is nothing will happen to me
that His heart and his eyes cannot see;
not one thing overwhelms.

Posted by: Larry Jan 16 17, 08:34

Not one thing overwhelms me these days
and when bested, I always give praise;
for all excellent things
bring me knowledge with minimal cost
and except for my wife, I’m not bossed.
That’s what retirement brings.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 17 17, 06:07

If retirement is bringing you peace
and you've left that big house for a lease
to a place at the beach
I congratulate you for your place
'mongst the gaggle of souls who have grace
to know how far to reach.

Posted by: Larry Jan 17 17, 10:05

Knowing how far to reach for a pun
when you’re playing with words is much fun
but with that being said,
there are colors involved when you write
and imagination’s guileless plight
is if someone bright read.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 17 17, 20:26

If we're waiting for someone who's bright
to read words that we piddled so trite
I'm embarrassed to say
that I shoulda spoke smarter 'n' cool
so those subsequent readers c'n rool
whether I should have sway.

Posted by: Larry Jan 18 17, 14:11

Weather guy should have swayed with the wind
telling us when the big storm would end
by reporting the facts
he was given by those who should know
but he blew away during the show;
nature gave him the axe.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 18 17, 14:34

Nature gave him the axe in the woods
where the trees produce lumber and goods
that we use in our house.
But today, when the hemlock fell down
it would land on his shoulder and crown,
made a widow of spouse.

Posted by: Larry Jan 19 17, 17:26

Made a widow of spouse, I’ll attest
but that’s how Nature works. She knows best
and besides, her design
lets that little black spider consume
her old mate to give babies some room
upon which he would dine.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 20 17, 08:26

If you dine on the witch in the room
then it's likely you're keeping your groom
for a later small meal.
He may still be uneasy a while
so if you have a bit of that guile
he will fall for your deal.

Posted by: Larry Jan 20 17, 19:53

He will fall for your deal; suckers do
and they’re born every day but a few
learn their lessons real quick.
They realize that the warnings from youth
told by parents was really the truth.
Most “too good’s” are a trick.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 21 17, 07:21

If you're looking for tricks, that ain't good;
you would better spend money for food
or just put it away.
Spend more time with your wife every night;
if you do, it is sure that the light
will burst forth a new day.

Posted by: Larry Jan 21 17, 16:39

Will bursts forth each new day when I write
even if it might be something trite
but the question is this;
why do folks come to read but not share
their ideas with us all. Don’t they care?
Something must be amiss.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 22 17, 16:52

Every girl is a miss or a missus
who has come to reject all those kisses
that you're seeking to share.
Maybe you should try this with a tranny
or a transgender guy or a granny?
It's your her-she despair.

Posted by: Larry Jan 23 17, 22:29

You despair that the he-she debate
has ballooned until there is a spate
of transgenders confused
so I have information to share.
Procreation’s equipment down there
should be used, not abused.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 27 17, 16:43

When equipment down there is abused
it's not likely that you'll be amused
by the trouble it makes.
Former innies are outies and sacs
can't be found, and the number of cracks
ain't the same, heaven's sakes!

Posted by: Larry Jan 28 17, 00:32

Heaven’s shakes aren’t the same as on Earth
where we wobble a bit from its birth
and the quakes which we feel
are in fact, just the tectonic plates
on the move, rearranging some states
and may make a new hill.
My big fear is the nukes nations build
as they strive for more mega-ton yield
on this planet of ours
and if buttons are pushed we’re all dead.
When that happens, I hope my soul’s fled
to sing in Heaven’s choirs.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 28 17, 12:44

If you sing, heaven's choirs are for you
when you slip off from earth for a new
place to live on for aye.
It's a place where we go when we're done...
whether naturally or by gun...
for the trip we can't pay.

Posted by: Larry Jan 28 17, 21:21

For that trip we all pay a big price
but folks say that it is kind of nice.
In what way could they know?
I guess near-death experience might
let their souls fly to follow the light.
I’ll enjoy the show.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 30 17, 16:01

While enjoying the show did you see
any blokes who were like you and me
who go blabberin' on
where the crowd up above doesn't read
what we write, and it would be agreed
there's no crowd thereupon.

Posted by: Larry Jan 30 17, 22:47

There’s no crowd upon our lonely stage
to empress, make them laugh or engage
in each day’s repartee
until someone comes by here and joins
the Mosaic so gird up your loins;
there is just you and me.

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 31 17, 06:33

It is just you and I kickin' ass
with our repartee, honey and sass
shared with vinegar brew;
maybe someone with drop by one day
and join in with our daily melee
for a week, or 'haps two.

Posted by: Larry Jan 31 17, 10:22

For a week, perhaps two, there were more
and we thought they had come to explore
a new site which persists
but they left like the others have done
before they had a chance to have fun.
Are they still on our lists?

Posted by: JustDaniel Jan 31 17, 14:56

Did they join in our list with a lance?
Were they watching our jousts in a trance?
or perhaps they still watch?
I don't think that they are, but to dream
moves us on, and perhaps it's a scheme
that just ends in a blotch.

Posted by: Larry Feb 1 17, 08:44

If we end as a blotch on the net
we’ll make sure that no one will forget
that we stayed ‘till the end
and wrote verse that will always remain
to remind folks that with each refrain
we have both made a friend.

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 1 17, 09:20

We have both made a friend, yet unseen;
perhaps it will always have been
unless we make a trip.
If we do, it should be a resort
and a place where of course we'll comport
ourselves well ere we skip.

Posted by: Larry Feb 1 17, 22:24

I don’t skip very well any more
except rocks in some ponds I explore
after fishing a while
and though luck’s run amok without fish
on my hook or in my dinner dish,
I just sit there and smile.

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 2 17, 04:30

I just sit there and smile when I think
and wake up with my hand in the sink;
wonder how I got there.
Did I dream I'm a PCH winner?
or that I was about to get thinner?
never a millionaire.

Posted by: Larry Feb 2 17, 17:48

Millionaires make big bucks in their life
but the good-looking ones find a wife
who has money to burn
and if beauty has waned through the years
money talks and allays many fears;
gigolos never spurn.

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 2 17, 18:46

Gigolos never spurn the big bucks
and they don't care about gawkers' clucks;
they pursue who they will.
They will woo and then spoon with the gals
up the byways and through the canals
as their prey foots the bill.

Posted by: Larry Feb 3 17, 08:57

If your prey’s foot and bill’s all that’s left
when out hunting, you’re feeling bereft
of that duck for your meal;
I’d suggest that you don’t need a sage
to tell you use a much smaller gauge
for less pain and more thrill.

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 3 17, 09:30

If her pane's giving you a big thrill
in the winter you'll get a great chill
standing there without pants.
Better that you should knock on her door
and perhaps, giv'n a chance, she would floor
you and go to the dance!

Posted by: Larry Feb 3 17, 16:03

If you go to the dance with your wife
you should know that there will be some strife
when she steps on your toes
but you knew that would happen before
you got dressed and walked out the front door;
that’s how love sometimes grows.

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 4 17, 04:51

If you think love will grow from a fart
I'm afraid it's a fool that thou art;
you have struck the wrong note.
It is hard to dial back what you've done
but if you walk outside in the sun
it will help clear your throat.

Posted by: Larry Feb 5 17, 12:30

It will help clear your throat when you cough
but when doing so, elbows are off
the short list you should use
to avoid spreading germs to your friends
for a hug will expose them and sends
them to look for tissues.

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 5 17, 16:32

If you look for tissues in the waste
then your cheeks will be turning to paste
from the germs you've ingested.
Best to buy them yourself at the store
and while there you could search for amour
in the aisles love's congested.

Posted by: Larry Feb 6 17, 18:25

Lover’s aisle was congested in church
so the bride had her entourage search
for the best man and groom
but her family said with a shrug
they shook hands and then started to hug;
someone said, get a room.

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 7 17, 04:03

Someone said, Get a room, so they did;
nine months later she's having a kid,
and they've now tied the knot.
They're both happy for sharing their lives,
even though they've been living in dives
that their parents have bought.

Posted by: Larry Feb 7 17, 20:54

If your parents have bought a new house
is their old one for you and your spouse
as a nice wedding gift?
You must hurry and get it appraised
so the taxes you’ll owe can be raised
to pay IRS grift.

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 8 17, 05:09

Is the IRS grifting your wealth?
Is that now causing harm to your health?
Would it help if you sued?
It's not likely you've basis to win
even though what they do is a sin;
Through their tax we've canoed.

Posted by: Larry Feb 8 17, 23:07

Though canoeing is taxing, when done
you’ll feel better relaxing with sun
warming muscles that ache
on the porch with a tall glass of tea
and if hungry, there always will be
a big slice of her cake.

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 9 17, 17:15

If you're eating two slices of cake
it is likely there's fat in the wake
that will cling to your waist;
if you're moderate though you may find
you'll be having some small piece of mind
and it won't be a waste.

Posted by: Larry Feb 10 17, 11:26

It will not be a waste if the cake
is Italian Cream Cheese, not a fake
as some stores try to sell
to the unwary shoppers who cook
using recipes out of a book
and have no sense of smell.
Made from scratch, I would snatch the whole thing
and indulge in a coconut fling
with no calorie count
but realize that my size would increase
and my dear wife just serves a small piece
so I eat that amount.

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 10 17, 19:22

If you eat on a mount it could cause
indigestion and that is because
it will shake up your gut;
just dismount and sit down at a table
and enjoy eating; that will enable
digestion, no if, and or but.

Posted by: Larry Feb 13 17, 00:25

There’s no ifs, ands or buts to digest
when it’s candy and nuts you request
and you’re served salad greens.
They should know that with any young man
satisfaction will come when he can
get his sweets and proteins.

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 16 17, 01:33

Eat your proteins, don exercise sweats;
when you're done feel those fine shower jets
on your abs and your glutes.
Now sit down or recline in your chair,
drink your coffee and down an eclair
getting down to your roots.

Posted by: Larry Feb 17 17, 13:30

Getting down to my roots in the spring
is most likely my favorite thing;
gardening in the dirt
and although I must wait for a while
the results always bring me a smile
and a sweaty old shirt.

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 18 17, 07:14

Soon I'll put on my sweaty old shirt
and get out in the leaves and the dirt
to clean up the back yard,
mow the lawn, get the pool back in shape --
all the stuff that becomes an escape
and a hope I'll lose lard.

Posted by: Larry Feb 19 17, 00:14

If you hope to lose lard and some weight
eat six meals every day on a plate
made for cups or dessert
and it helps if there isn’t a lip
‘round the edge where large piles always slip
and wind up on your shirt.

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 19 17, 13:46

When stuff lands on your shirt from your plate
leave it there and let food congregate;
if it can't reach your gut
it won't widen your butt
and at length it could lighten your gait.

Posted by: Larry Feb 20 17, 09:22

When the length or the width of your gait
makes folks think that you are running late
just slow down; take your time
because everyone seems to look down
as they’re texting or blogging in town.
Dodge or stop on a dime!

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 20 17, 12:12

If your Dodge will not stop on a dime
get a Chevy or Ford; it's a crime
that your truck won't obey.
You could try a Toyota, for sure;
I grew up in Tacoma when poor....
Have my thoughts run away?

Posted by: Larry Feb 21 17, 10:26

All my thoughts ran away with my muse
and she left no ideas I could use
but she said she’d be back
just as soon as more poets appear
and she said it would happen this year
to increase what we lack.

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 22 17, 14:10

Won't increasing our lack make it worse?
Would there be nothing left in my purse
if my lack is increased?
Maybe I should spend time with my muse
to see if she'd be also confused
by what Larry's unleashed.

Posted by: Larry Feb 24 17, 00:33

Buy what Larry unleashes, re-read
“to increase what we lack” and concede
that our paucity’s curse
will abate as our numbers increase
and the Mosaic grows with each piece
‘cause it can’t get no worse.

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 24 17, 03:43

If it can't get no worse it gets worse;
double negatives say the reverse...
but I know what you mean.
I'm just picking on words, like I do
every time I've a chance, just as you
know quite well. Right, old bean?

Posted by: Larry Feb 25 17, 09:53

You are right and I know very well
that corrections will come and you’ll tell
me each grammar mistake
but you do it with humor and style
and a gleam in your eyes and a smile
like you’re serving me cake.

Posted by: JustDaniel Feb 26 17, 06:10

When I cook, they say I took the cake;
it's not mine, though, 'cause I seldom bake...
and my girls claim the kitchen.
They don't want me arranging the places
stuff goes and where there should be spaces.
Stay away for less bitchin'!

Posted by: Larry Feb 28 17, 14:39

Stay away for less bitching and barks
if you don’t like no-leash doggy parks
because they are a drag
and the school which cost you lots of dough
was supposed to teach them where to go.
Get your shovel and bag.