whiskers of mice, poisonous dew boil in a cauldron of green jelly stew one bone of harm another of fright melt in the churning hissing delight
I recall, I recall tasting teenagers in the mall I recollect, I recollect milkmaids white and plumply necked I remember, I remember stepping on a burning ember I think back, I think back to pleasant times upon the rack I call to mind, I call to mind a fisherman on whom I dined I reflect, […]
There once was a very fine boulder. No one in the meadow was bolder. He gathered flowers for several hours. His true love? Over he bowled her.
The Sun Man often stood at the center of the walkway connecting the mightiest wings of the fortress. He enjoyed looking down on the throng gathered below in the bitter frozen depths. He spoke to them. ‘Behold,’ he said. ‘Your work this past month I have found to be satisfactory. All quotas have been met. […]
“Oh, no! They’re going to pick us! I knew it! I knew it! Oh no!” trumpeted a daffodil sprouted near the edge of a meadow positively yellow with daffodil blooms. “Who cares?” sniffed a neighboring daffodil, head held high while the meadow all around swayed in floral panic. “Get picked. Don’t get picked. It’s all […]
this is a poem all about lambs and how they resemble not at all clams clams are not woolly and legs have they none a clam in a meadow does not romp and run a clam does not bleat, never says ‘baaa’ if you think clams are lambs, in you there’s a flaw
A maze of gentle hedges surrounds the Elf Queen’s Glade. I wander for days to solve it. I’m trapped, but unafraid. Finally, yes, I step through. She sits there on her throne. ‘I’ve been waiting,’ she says. ‘Come closer. My, how you have grown.’ ‘What’s that?’ I gasp. ‘Do you dare confirm what I’ve believed […]
“Are you one of those quinces we’ve been hearing rumors about?” said one of the avocados pleasantly, just to be polite, just to make the newcomer feel welcome. “What’s it to you?” was the quince’s rude reply. “Is that your skin or did somebody green vomit on you?” “Well, I never!” uttered the avocado, stunned […]
A cat’s eye marble, crystal clear with a wide yellow ribbon twist, rolled across the rug and came to a stop next to a short heavy club leaning against the wall in the corner of the room nearest the fireplace. “Excuse me, club, are you tall enough to see the clock? I’d like to know […]
The biggest tree was twice as tall as any other tree in the forest. “I can see the ocean,” boasted the biggest tree. “Who cares?” piped up a young Douglas fir growing carelessly by the stream. “You’re fat.” “Why, you miserable toothpick, I’ll …” With great effort, the biggest tree wrenched itself to fall crashing […]
