The Glove Box
Today, while we were driving home
The glove box opened on its own …
The Peanut Guy—A Limerick
This one appeared as a group of four as an example of limericks in Paul B. Janeczko‘s book,WRITING FUNNY BONE POEMS (Scholastic, 2001): THE PEANUT GUYby April Halprin Wayland The Peanut Guy, he had a dreamWhenever he threw, fans would screamWith each bag he soldA great throw he’d unfoldThey watched him, ignoring their team. This […]
Budding Scholars
Welcome, Flowers.
Write your name on a name tag.
Find a seat …
Cat Act
The scruffy house cat
aches to fly–
she dreams all day of
wings and sky!
World Wide Wag
… if your big goofy paws
were seen racing on air …
BATHING OUR DOG metaphor & simile
My sister and I are pushing a big aluminum tub
across our brick patio to the grass
sounding like a tank rolling towards war.
Clutter metaphor
Here are two versions of one of my poems
(with a metaphor that hits you over the head with a hammer).
Raspberries metaphor
The “raspberry collective” metaphor I used reminded me of the miniature world in Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who.
Dog and Master metaphor
What if the whole story is a metaphor?
Tissue metaphor
An invasion…my body’s been taken over by the enemy!