life comes at me in rhythm
words come at me in rhyme
toil teaching wisdom
the only place is time
walk along the seashore
frolicking in the snow
tasting all the sunshine
existing as i go
Wystan and Emily
sang a sonnet just for me
silently throughout the years
it danced a journey to my ears
by Richard W. Bray
Got a new snork vorple
It's really kuper-kippy
It keeps me wipple-wapple
When the wunk is wappy-wippy
I don't like your gornpop
You're such a norky noobler
The mips are full of zanzi-plips
Don't jim-jomp on the goobler
When I was young, we porpled
We confoobled for a song
But now the nukstips borbalize
And snirkbob all day long
Don't call me a fubble flooper
Just cuz I'm purpipsy
The dinder dob is nabby dab
Someday you'll bloop the blipsy
by Richard W. Bray
Winkle and Wankle and Wunkle Got attacked by an angry old skunkle Wankle and Wunkle and Winkle We're quite overwhelmed by the stinkle Wunkle and Winkle and Wankle Took all of their change to the bankle Wankle and Winkle and Wunkle Bought a new house for their uncle Wunkle and Wankle and Winkle Have an auto that's purple and pinkle Winkle and Wunkle and Wankle Keep plenty of gas in the tankle Wankle and Winkle and Wunkle Dribble and pass and slam dunkle Wunkle and Wankle and Winkle Roller on skates at the rinkle Winkle and Wunkle and Wankle Often smell musty and dankle by Richard W. Bray
idiotic therapeutic wishy washy boo hoo sticks and stones Do words break bone? crazy as a cuckoo stop your sobbin silly robin wings to fly beak for bobbin skippin to my lu-lu trigger warning every morning scaredy cat don't do that just accept your boo boo toughen up buttercup batter up and to yourself be true true by Richard W. Bray
Eights and sevens Threes and twos Math brings everything Into view Trapezoid, rhombus Cubes and squares Imagine, calculate And compare Fraction, cosine Denominator Essential tools To make us greater Find the difference Plot the graph Perceive, predict And build with math Engineer, geologist Statistician, nurse Math paints a picture Of the universe Tessellation Infinity Contemplating Reality by Richard W. Bray
Wacky doodle doo I just lost my shoe Hopping off to school I never follow rules Hip hip Horatio I live in outer spacio Napping on the moon I'll visit Venus soon Sippy Ki-Yay My juice box is ok Free Fi Fo Fum He never bothered anyone I don't know the muffin man Too dense, too dry, and too much bran Get it off my table I'll have another bagel Roses are yellow Davey is mellow Violets are purple Tammy likes myrtle Big Bo Peep She don't need no sheep She's happy, smart, and rich And sweaters make her itch by Richard W. Bray
Shooting star across the sky Oh my God, we’re gonna die I never want to walk around There’s a chance I might fall down Live a life of melodrama Stay inside and call your mama If that girl won’t go out with me I’ll live a life of misery If I’m not getting perfects marks I’ll be sleeping in the park When every hill’s a mountaintop The agony will never stop I got a pain inside my head Pretty soon I will be dead Every surface must be scoured I boil my food for several hours Breathe and think and slow your hurry You don’t need to feed your worry by Richard W. Bray
unruly, rambunctious, exhausting and wild there’s no greater love than the love of a child boundless, colossal, extending for miles there is no restraining the love of a child needy and hopeful, touching and mild the heaviest burden, the love of a child investing your marrow, refunded in smiles there’s no greater love than the love of a child by Richard W. Bray
Henny Henny Penny says “The sky is falling down Pack up everything you got And get out of town” Henny Henny Penny says “It’s never been this bad The world is off its rocker And everyone is mad” Henny Henny Penny says “Life don’t make no sense I need a load of bricks To build a bigger fence” Henny Henny Penny says “Never go outside It’s a crazy crazy world So find a place to hide” Henny Henny Penny says “Protect your mental health You don’t want to go crazy Like everybody else” By Richard W. Bray
Even a theory requires some facts, Captain
—Commander Spock
Fish gotta swim
Birds gotta fly
A penguin is a fish
There’s an ostrich in the sky
The sky is blue
Cuz it’s jealous of the sea
Doggie says bark
Cuz he’s looking for a tree
Zebra, bongo, tiger
Bumblebee and marlin
Grew some pretty stripes
To dazzle their darlin’
They say a clock’s wise
And time marches on
But as soon as time happens
It’s already gone
The cow never jumped
Higher than the moon
Cows don’t jump at all—
It was a kangaroo
Sometimes I wonder
What’s it all about?
But things are pretty simple
When you figure ‘em out
by Richard W. Bray
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