don’t be dashing round
oh you so young and dashing dash;
so energetic –
you just bewilder us all
...
mummy, mummy,
who invented school?
...
Tom’s moved in to a new suburb
It’s a new term and new school too;
he sits beside this pretty girl
in class, trying to impress her
...
1
What do kids learn
say on the first day at school?
...just some light-hearted verse follows...
...
Oh Julie, I came in this morning
30 past the time I was supposed
to be in at work –
OK, I was late, but is that a big thing really? –
...
I don’t understand Mom and Dad
how come Dad can do things
and I’m not allowed
...
O Thalia
O muse of Comedy
we have much need of you
these days of anxiety
...
First and Second years
of marriage:
Man speaks; woman listens
...
I’m going home
to my lair,
says the lion
with a sly smile
...