When I go to trial Do not ask, “How are you?” Please pardon me Don’t let me hear “Welcome home.” Do excuse me the first day So return I won’t Say, “Thank you” You are free to go And have a nice day

Write a poem that contains one or more of the following common phrases but uses them in a different context than they are usually used. Ideally you would use more than one of the phrases, or repeatedly use the same phrase. “Welcome home” “Thank you”…

Olive, the pet cat had olive green eyes. I was seven when I picked her from some roadside. I cannot recall the exact place. She looked starved. So I got her home. Named her olive which my friends said was funny for a cat. It…

The spring day was cool and fresh with a luminous light drawn down from a mixture of cloud, sun and light rain. Many puddles edged the road in glowing arcs, yet one small, silvered pool caught my attention and drew me back. At the edge…

Veirdoffus Chuben… who needs it!   I have so many stories all of them true most about dogs,  as I’ve had a few. From shepherds to dobies and a mixture or two.   Let me start with our shepherd, who had a friend Benjy, a beagle he…

There was this odd sense of being watched as I walked, So I shot a glance behind me, Nothing, Looked to my left, to my right, Nothing Then finally looked above and there he sat, Perched on gnarled koa branch, staring directly at me, Unblinking,…

Playful pandas Cute and cuddly Innocent like kids Fun-dandy flights Black and white Big eyes and nose Safe animals Down the slides they go Not common for pets Hard to get Love their reaction They are an attraction My daughters room is full With them…

At first she was awestruck looking at the female kitten’s fur so fluffy and orange with its white face and orange nose the kitten went back cuddling at it’s mother.   It has been two months since the kitten was born It run here and…

Zeus j.r.m© 2016 Embedded in your eyes, collapsing galaxies exploding stars and the night sky You fluff ball even without sight you seemingly manage to penetrate my soul, crack open all that has hardened with time. Melting me with your gaze.  

A baby Platypus that needs to be adopted, Should be adopted, To a good looking and funny boy, Who is the son of smart woman. The Platypus is a shy animal. It needs to be loved unconditionally to be brought out of its shell, Even…