Ima Ryma Poems

The Bible tells us blessed be
The poor, the mournful and the meek,
The hated, hungry and thirsty,
Cuz heaven's there if such will seek.
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An African penguin like me
Has adapted to water world.
If you look closely, you can see
Adapting ways and means unfurled.
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Thoreau,
July twelfth, twenty seventeen,
New born two hundred years ago.
Is Walden Pond still on the scene?
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July 20th, '69 -
The first step by man on the moon.
Neil Armstrong did that first step fine,
Thanks to a woman's work fine tune.
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A slug's a snail without a shell,
And so the slime of a slug is
Means to defend itself - do tell!
Keeping nosy out of slug biz,
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A whale in water must breathe air,
And at the surface must do so.
Inside the whale, oxygen there
Let's the whale underwater go,
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In August,1868,
Was started the Lincoln Park Zoo.
A gift of mute swans did create
The time and place, and did accrue
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I saw the keepers coming, so
I thought of hands handing out fish.
A penguin thinks of such, you know,
But this time not as I would wish.
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The late 1600's in France
Furniture makers did display
An item getting discreet glance.
'Twas commonly called a bidet,
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In the midst of a burglary,
I got the urge to take a dump.
While on the john, a noise there be.
I got the urge to move my rump,
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