Spare me the tickertape in your headThere are many topics best left unsaid Repetition truly falls flatLike reporting every antic of your catEndless grandkids yarns, you find appealingCauses me to think of the time you’re …

(Good Luck?) To make sure luck comes an actor’s wayWishing them to “break a leg” is what you sayHow the heck did this expression come to beIt’s stranger than calling a bottle opener, church key …

Beetles and Beatles Female beetles lay about 40 eggs a dayI bet they don’t have time for any sport or playMating males when finished with a flingNever lift a wing to rear their own offspring …

Break a Leg(Good Luck?) To make sure luck comes an actor’s wayWishing them to “break a leg” is what you sayHow the heck did this expression come to beIt’s stranger than calling a bottle opener, …

Break a Leg“(good luck?)” To ensure bad luck doesn’t come in an actor’s wayThe expression “break a leg” is the one to sayThis sounds ridiculous and the opposite of what is meantOne would think indisposition …

Big History Starts the Second After Big history starts the second afterThe big bang and then came hereafterAt first the universe was incredibly hot and denseA sort of a quark soup that had yet to …

Alligator They’re fast as a sneeze and low to the groundIt’s in murky ponds where alligators are foundIt’s a myth that they can’t turn 90 degreesIf chased run quickly, or you’ll be Swiss cheeseHumans don’t …

Aggression An act of aggressionIs anger’s expressionEmotions eruptAimed to disruptSpawning wrath unrelentingBy vocal or physical venting Is this visceral reactionThe only satisfactionThere are other pathsTo alleviate wrathsAggression never will dispelNor ever does it quellLike war’s …

For the Love of it Limerick When trying to output Ogden NashHis 650 rhymes are a smash Like a horse in a steeplechase I wrote till I stepped in first placeThis endeavor at no time …

Curb it! Limerick Why speak with ire Why not inspire Nary a word Will be heard When anger is on fire

My Favorite Holiday Limerick What’s my favorite holiday Not something to downplay  Each year I reach its start As the year behind departs Have you deduced it’s my birthday?

Cancel Goodbye Limerick I write this rhyme to shock Our planet’s time is a ticking clock Resources we’ve looted Air and water polluted Or else earth’s life we’ll defrock

Life can be creative and grand It’s in the doing nor in the plan If all goes asunder Don’t sit back and wonder Gumption is your cash in hand