I running out of room
For the stuff I have that should be swept out with a broom
Books, movies, and CDs, oh my!
But this year I will try
To find a good baked good
This woman told me I should
But the cupcakes had cream cheese filling
Plus she wanted eight dollars for four in the billing
I said to myself I don't want stuff in my cupcake
Away from this garage sale to someone else who knows how to bake
So away I drove and could not find
A lady told me, not in front of the building, but behind
So the chocolate cupcakes I got, which was nice
And I got them for half the price!
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Posted: May 2023
About this poem:
I went to Fennimore, Wisconsin for garage sales and found a nice bakery.
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I used to go out with my Dad
In May you could find them around old elm trees
We usually had a couple meals of them
The rest were sold
The last morel I found was in 2016 with my Dad
We only found one
The rest of the years since I have bought them
A few years ago I spent 35 bucks for a pound of them
Now I am seeing 70 bucks a pound
I went today and only found a golf ball and a quarter
The morel festival is in two weeks
We'll see if I want to pony up the dough for a pound of morels
At least the kettle corn is still cheap!
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Posted: May 2023
About this poem:
I love morels, a lot!
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Eggs
Colored
Chocolates
Bought
Decorations
Hung
Three Days
Off
Easter Bunny
At the Mall
Jesus
Thankful
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Posted: Apr 2023
About this poem:
It's Good Friday and it's great to be off for three days! Happy Easter Everyone!
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I've been listening to music since I can remember
My earliest memory was Neil Diamond
Then there was Afternoon Delight and Rubberband Man in 1976
I really got into the groove in 1983
Michael Jackson and The Police had my attention
I used to listen to my music on records from 1983 to 1985
Then it was cassettes in my car from 1985 to 2001
I got my first CDs in 1999 and played them in my car in 2002 to 2019
Now I have to listen to MP3 on my flash drives
It holds over 3,000 songs which to me is amazing
I also have my cell phone where I can listen to anything on YouTube
My last song was OMD's So In Love
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Posted: Mar 2023
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My favorite time of the day is driving and singing in my car. We've had some great music!
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Juggling
In the park
I think it was three weeks before Easter
Walking in the park
I think it was below freezing
People talking
People walking
A woman selling Mountain Dew
In a gas station
Wishing me a nice day
Can you dig it
Yes I can
I've been waiting such a long time
For Sunday
Another day in the park
I think it was March 19
Slow motion drivers
In the Hardee's drive thru
Getting sausage and biscuits
And maybe some gravy
Wait a minute
I used to pay way less than this
9 dollars
and 8 cents
Listen children
All is not lost
Just some coinage
Just some coinage
I've been waiting such a long time for the day
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Posted: Mar 2023
About this poem:
Parody of Saturday in the Park by Chicago, and what I did today in Dubuque, Iowa, and going to the Heritage Trail.
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Another year is under way
already two months almost gone
I still have four days left to go for this month
I booked a trip to Hawaii
Other than that I played a lot of video games
Ate out at various restaurants
Played with my cell phone a lot
Spending most of it on Youtube
A little on Facebook, and a little more on Tictok
My favorite youtube clip right now is Rude Budda on SNL
My favorite Tictok speech is on buying her bath water
What?
There sure must be a lot of lonely men out there
A lot!
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Posted: Feb 2023
About this poem:
Spent a lot of my free time on my phone and on my video games at home. Other than that it is planning my future trip to Hawaii at the end of July.
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I got another Netflix in the mail yesterday
It was Simpson's Christmas 2
In it Homer becomes a prank monkey for Mr. Burns
In another episode, the kids get stuck at school because of snow
And the last one I watched was about Homer being the Grinch
When I was a kid there was no way to watch shows other than TV
You had a TV Guide that told you when shows would come on
I always looked out for Rudolph and watched it every year
Now they have done away with DVDs and VHS rental stores
I miss going there and picking out a movie, it was fun
I have to admit it is far easier, not to mention cheaper just using your phone
Not to mention music
I used to save a long time to get music on records
Now all I have to do is type the song into my phone
Sting used to make one million a year off of just one song
Every Breathe You Take
I wonder how much a hit song makes for an artist today
Not much I bet
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Posted: Dec 2022
About this poem:
Just remembering my years of TV watching till 1987 when we got our first VCR, 2004 brought DVD, and then in 2021 I got my first cell phone.
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I have always enjoyed the Twilight Zone
One of my favorites for the holidays is called Night of the Meek
In it a drunken Santa Claus gets fired for being drunk as Santa
He is stumbling through an alley and finds a magic sack
This sack will give anyone whatever they ask for
He gives out presents to poor people and children
He gets arrested and shows the sack is really magical and gets released
The store manager who has him arrested believes too when he gets brandy
In the end he becomes Santa and rides off in a sleigh with a girl elf
My favorite part is when a guy tells him there was nothing for you
He says, I can't think of anything I want
What I really wanted was to be the biggest gift giver of all time
And tonight I think I had that
But if I had a wish it would be to do this every year
That would be a heck of a gift
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Posted: Dec 2022
About this poem:
There are some real heart warming shows and movies about Christmas, this one definitely warms the heart.
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When I first moved out I spent 80 dollars on my Christmas tree
Tree was 30
Lights were about 20
Ornaments, star and garland about 30
That was 1996
I have added different ornaments since then
I try to add one new one each year
Snoopy, Simpsons, Southpark, Bugs Bunny, hockey puck
That last few years I have added National Lampoon's Christmas
This is the first time I have spent over 100 dollars on three ornaments
It has Clark, his wife Ellen, and his two kids, Audrey and Rusty
You connect them together with a special power cord
When you press one, then they act out scenes from the movie
Each one lights up as they talk to each other
The whole thing revolves around scenes related to getting the Christmas tree
It takes about three minutes
I can't wait to put it on my tree this weekend
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Posted: Nov 2022
About this poem:
I had a hard time spending that much money on ornaments, but it is so cool, I'm glad I did!
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Jack had a wife and son who he loved very much
He got a job at the Overlook Hotel to maintain it from November thru April
He loved the hedge maze and learned how to escaped from it
He also always dressed for the weather as it got below zero quite often there
He was visited by mean and evil ghosts who wanted him to kill his family
He resisted temptation and invited d*ck over for some good home cooking
The evil spirits just gave up and went away
A good time was had by all
He still works this seasonal job to this day
The End
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Posted: Oct 2022
About this poem:
The Shining has some of the best acting of any movie by Shelley Duvall and Jack Nicholson
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There once was a fat man who weighed 300 pounds
He accidentally hit an old woman with his car
Her father was a good man
So he gave the guy who hit his daughter a blessing
He touched his cheek and said "145"
Soon the guy was losing weight
In six months he was 145 pounds
He could eat anything he wanted to
He found the gypsy who gave him the blessing and helped out his family
With his millions he made it so the family had nice things and good food
They all shared many strawberry pies and lived happily ever after
The End
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Posted: Oct 2022
About this poem:
I buy a baked strawberry pie every year and watch Steven King's Thinner
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Carrie was a popular girl at her school
She was really good at playing volleyball
She had a loving mother and father who supported her
Carrie had a really nice boyfriend named Tommy Ross
They went to the prom together and were elected King and Queen
For the amusement of the patrons Carrie showed off her telekinesis
The ability to move objects with her mind
Everybody was entertained and had a great time
Carrie went on to marry Tommy Ross and supported him well
She became bigger than Michael Jackson with her special gift
She not only moved objects with her mind, but moved the world to peace
All lived happily ever after
The End
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Posted: Sep 2022
About this poem:
Stephen King just celebrated his 75th birthday on September 21. I enjoy his first novel of Carrie, which as you know, ends rather badly.
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