AGING HUMOR

Apr 06 '04    Write an essay on this topic.


The Bottom Line This was challenging but mostly fun. Thanks Jennifer for putting my mind to the test.

When I Get Time” he often said,
“I’ll pull the weeds from the flower bed.”
He noticed, then, how his willowing Trees
Began blowing swiftly in the now, gusting breeze.

My Mother just sighed as she turned away.
“We’ll do it tomorrow. Or another day!
“For now what we do, will all be in vain.
Come inside, now for I see Signs Of Rain!”

As he walked toward Home, he noticed a mouse
And shouted, “This places looks like a Vagabond House!
With that, as I noticed his eyebrows knit,
He tripped over The Old Oaken Bucket.

He cursed and he swore as his voice became bolder.
Must be real rough just Growing Older.
As his wife quickly sped to be at his side,
He laughed as his grin soon opened wide.

He just shook his head and said he felt silly,
Like at the Animal Fair when he first met his “Filly”.
There Was A Little Girl who took his breath away
He fell hard then, as he did today.

His wife kissed his lips and he rose to feet.
He told her he loved her, so soft and so sweet.
The only thing hurt, he said was his pride . . .
Then with a wink, squeezed her bottom as they walked inside.

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The Titles of these poems were taken from The Best Love Poems of the American People.

When I Get Time ..... author: Thomas L. Masson
Trees ..... author: Joyce Kilmer
My Mother ..... author: Jane Taylor
Signs of Rain ..... author: Dr. Edward Jenner
Home ..... author: Edgar A. Guest
Vagabond House ..... author: Don Blanding
The Old Oaken Bucket ..... author: Samuel Woodworth
Animal Fair ..... author: unknown
Growing Older ..... author: R. G. Wells
There Was A Little Girl ..... author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Thanks to Jennifer for hosting this fun write-off honoring April as the Month of Poetry.

Jennifer, this was fun!

Please visit Jennifer’s home page for more information about this write-off plus a list of participants. Thanks.

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