johnny's picture

by dog e relaford

johnny drew a picture he drew it in his head the sky was blue and the leaves were red the grass was green but was turning brown the bus was late on its way from town johnny was sad because the bus was late was this, he wondered to be his fate? the bus arrived driven by a cow the cow had no license johnny got on anyhow the sky turned gray it started to rain no one ever saw poor johnny again

not very good

by anonymous

i wrote this poem i wrote it today it ls not very good but i like it anyway roses are flowers lobsters have shells i have a secret i never will tell some things are free most things cost once I was found but again I am lost nobody likes me i have no friends i hate my life and wish it would end

duck

by dog e relaford

johnny had a kangaroo he left it on the moon nobody objected except pete the quiet goon remember september when the trees were under water except for young zero it would been hotter charlie had a duck in everybody’s flowers go henceforth and challenge untrammeled power judy had a koala which would not mind its manners lancelot liked blackberries but merlin preferred bananas

bradley

by horace p sternwall

bradley walked on the sidewalk with a suitcase in his hand they thought he was going to work but he was headed for the promised land he went down to track 14 and got on the smoking car he took his pipe from his pocket though he was not going far he started to flick his lighter and a hand fell on his arm it was his old chum constantine wedge st john from his days back on the farm they had run way together on the b & o railroad line to find fame and love in the metropolis and write poetry and drink wine how are you, old fellow? st john drawled in his most disarming style since we waited in the shadows together it has certainly been a while the universe has been blown apart and put together again and nobody loses any more and nobody wins since everybody was a beatnik and everybody was a seer and all the vamps were ire and all the wolves were were

dream 25

by dog e relaford

you know it was a dream because the person in the dream is dead you open your eyes and the air goes out of your head you go back to sleep and walk on the dark beach the waves are silver money just out of reach the gang arrives and tell you they are taking you back the leader’s name is clark but you wish that it were mac mac was your friend (sort of) a long time ago you walked in the rain and got lost in the snow

falling asleep poem

by dog e relaford

there is something wrong with my brain it is hard to explain the clown eats a pistachio ice cream cone but his yellow dog has no bone the white dog outside the window takes it easy and slow he has as much time as the sphinx as the raindrops go plink plink plink the dishes are piled in the sink the cook needs another quick drink the clown is not feeling himself and puts his red nose back on the shalf on this spot long ago a sabre tooth tiger walked in the snow a dinosaur came in from the cold and the world was already old

zero hour

by bofa xesjum

four people were stranded on a desert island. donald trump (the worst person who has ever lived), my mom (the nicest person who has ever lived), the queen of sheba (the most beautiful woman who has ever lived), and friar roger bacon, the smartest man who has ever lived, who wrote shakespeare in his spare time). they were searching for the perfect coconut, but had not been able to find it. one day a raft appeared off the shore of the island. there were four people on it. dr frankenstein (the greatest inventor the worls has ever known), his monster, mata hari (the most seductively alluring spy who has ever lived) and allen dulles (the mastermind behind the cold war). ahoy, dr frankenstein called, do you folks want to be rescued? no, donald trump called back, we want to look for the perfect coconut a little while longer. the raft departed. night fell over the island. do you hear something? the queen of sheba asked friar roger bacon. i can not say that i do , he started to reply. suddenly a great light -