Ima Ryma Poems

I went from forest to the mill,
Extracted, dried and flattened out,
Shaped and sized so some stuff could fill
Inside of me and shipped about.
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Phyllis Diller - you have been booked
At the Pearly Gates with Bob Hope.
You will have all the angels hooked -
Heaven's kooky kaleidoscope,
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Grover Cleveland, the President,
Oscar Folsom from Buffalo,
As law partners and friends, they spent
Shared pastimes in wild oats to sow.
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A duck was chatting with a bull,
'You see that tree? I wanna go'
'To the top, but my bod is full'
'Of such fatigue, so I don't know.'
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Julia Child made French cuisine
For all a common sense food fun.
Charm cheffing forth on page and screen,
Taste medium, rare and well done.
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The Asian giant hornet. yes,
I get big as a sparrow bird.
I sting a human and best guess,
The human's demise has occurred.
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Jackie Robinson was the first
Black man in major league baseball.
At that first game, many fans cursed
That any black would have such gall.
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In 1914, I did do
My very first musical song.
I did it by ear, 'cause 'twas true,
My lessons were not far along.
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Thanksgiving in the U.S.A.
Fast forward those Pilgrims to see
What they started's become today,
What giving thanks has come to be.
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President Lincoln did receive
A holiday turkey to eat.
This turkey, named Jack, did achieve
A dinner invite as the meat.
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