Ima Ryma Poems

It's plain as my nose on your face.
Shoulder to the wheel off your chest,
You jump down my throat anyplace.
There, under your skin I will nest.
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An old couple lived up the lane.
I guess they'd been there 'bout a year.
They seemed like nice folks, proud and plain.
It showed they loved each other dear.
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While bowling with his team one night,
Ralph slipped and fell and struck his head.
He staggered up and out of sight.
Everyone thought Ralph was dead.
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I listed new born pups for sale -
Four hundred dollars for each prime pup.
As I went out to get the mail,
A little boy was walking up.
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The old dead tree stood on a hill,
An ugliness of jagged rot,
In looming form so dark and still
Against the sun - a lonely blot.
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A worried wife sought some advice
From a well known psychiatrist.
She said, 'My husband's very nice, '
'But, he's developed a strange twist.'
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There is a place called Crow Heart Butte,
In mid Wyoming on a plain.
It bears a legend of repute
About a battle in blood stain.
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The crowd had gathered in the square.
They came to watch a young man die.
The sherriff brought the killer there -
To the gallows, to hang him high.
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I left my hotel and strolled through
The nearby cemetery gate.
I was surprised to run into
Someone like me out walking late.
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Dear Micki, You will always be
Your Daddy's favorite little girl.
Some day you'll be with Mom and me.
Till then, be good for Uncle Earl.
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