Category Archives: Poems

Short Poems, Funny Poems, Epic Poems

POEM: Personal Boundaries

Sometimes I have trouble telling where I end and you begin No, wait, that’s you! This funny little poem plays with the confusion inherent in having fuzzy personal boundaries.  Codependency is a very popular topic these days.  Sorting out what … Continue reading

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POEM: Running Like Chickens With Their Heads Cut Off

POEM: Running Like Chickens With Their Heads Cut Off Have you ever looked a chicken in the eyes? Most of us city folk probably never have Where are you? Chickens can look quite different in the city Just the same … Continue reading

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POEM: Free Will Compelling

I find the experience of free will very compelling. I like this simple one line poem because it juxtaposes two seeming opposites.  Free will is often viewed as some kind of absolute.  Compulsion is on the other end of the … Continue reading

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POEM: Metaphors be with you

Metaphors be with you This simple one line poem which is only four words is a takeoff on the Star Wars saying, may the force be with you.  Is it any surprise that one of these four words is a … Continue reading

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POEM: Near Life Experience

I once had a near-life experience but that’s another story I like this funny two-line poem because it turns around the mysterious fascination with near-death experiences.  This poem implies that near-life experiences may actually be the uncommon experience.  This is … Continue reading

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POEM: Protesting Pet Peeves

I would protest against my pet peeves Except, I’m not sure that “Honk if you want to end noise pollution” Would work out so well I like this funny little poem because it teases at the natural limits of something … Continue reading

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LOVE POEM: Stolen Glances

I have a confession to make I’ve stolen so many glances of you And just us demands That I stare into your eyes Until further notice This love poem is dedicated to my sweetheart, Maryjo.  Fortunately, when only the two … Continue reading

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POEM: Flowers Cut

I set before you these flowers For your reflection and edification These flowers were cut from my yard A yard not unlike the two yards that will cover us all some day Some may say that cutting short the lives … Continue reading

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POEM: Feminists Know Something

As a man One day I wondered How come there are so few Women politicians Women economists Women lawyers Then it occurred to me Maybe they know something we don’t The quest to understand the difference between men and women … Continue reading

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POEM: The Human Race Is Not Well Done

The human race Is Not Well Done I like the short poem because in seven words in five lines it can be read several different ways.  The human race can be seen both as a species and as an actual … Continue reading

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POEM: Everything Reminds Me of Everything Else

Everything reminds me of everything else. This one-line poem is a quick way to get into my mind and how it works.  I probably love metaphors as much as I do puns.  This short poem cuts to the chase, so … Continue reading

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POEM: Wrong Ballpark

Being in the wrong ballpark is a mere scheduling error Maybe I need a game changer This simple two-line poem is meant to challenge the reader regarding both the size and nature of change that may be needed to change … Continue reading

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POEM: Arguing with Atheists

Arguing with atheists is like panning for gold in a bathtub. This one line poem is certainly provocative, and probably dangerous.  First I would like to concede that I cannot prove that God exists.  Secondly, and equally, I don’t think … Continue reading

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POEM: Subconscious Not What You Think

Don’t bother pondering the subconscious It’s not what you think This funny poem is a reminder that much of what is life is not directly accessible by us.  Most of what goes on in our bodies is outside of our … Continue reading

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POEM: WELCOME To The Corporate Person Hood

WELCOME To The Corporate Person Hood! Theirs an outside chance Say 1% Facing such a ghostly figure That passes over What sum Say billions Who could passably planet that way! Ether way The Almighty Logos Taken it To the Greek … Continue reading

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POEM: Actual Pie vs. Pi

Actual pie is way more than 3.14159 times better than mathematical pi. This simple one line poem makes fun of Western civilization’s fixation on the quantitative versus qualitative.  It is big business to reduce everything to a number, preferably dollars … Continue reading

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POEM: In God We Trust? Money Speaks!

In God we trust? A graven image We never leave home without Good For all debts, public and private When miss taking goods for good The most note worthy tender legal By George, Abe, Alex, Andy, Ulysses, and Ben Close … Continue reading

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POEM: If You Don’t Know What You Want

If you don’t know what you want from life You are quite likely to get it This two-line poem deals with a basic theme of life: discovering what you want from life.  Of course, the starting place for this is … Continue reading

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POEM: Morning Prayer, Waking Up

I say a prayer of thanks every morning I wake up Except about the whole having-to-wake-up thing This is a simple one of my short poems.  The first line of the poem strikes a very traditional chord, dealing with morning … Continue reading

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POEM: Getting Your Ducks in a Row

I once put all my ducks in a row Only then realizing What am I doing with all these ducks?! Getting one’s ducks in a row is an idiom or metaphor that most people are familiar with, meaning that we … Continue reading

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