UNFINISHED WORK IN PROGRESS My Baby Calls Me Juliet My baby calls me Juliet She will not call me ‘Mom’ And everyday, ‘round 5AM She sounds like an alarm! “Ju-li-et, Ju-li-et ( **16 times**) “Oh, yes, my pet? I’m up, you bet! What can I get for you this morn’? Yogurt, oatmeal, a banana… Some flakes made out of corn? “And one small thing It’s no big deal And really only if you feel But maybe, and just for today, You’ll call me 'mama' While we play?” And she pinched her nose An

UNFINISHED! WORK IN PROGRESS Cardboard Boxes We bought a new fridge And we bought a new stove A dishwasher too I guess it was old We bought a new toilet And a new vanity So many new things…. But nothing for ME?!?! My dear daddy laughed hard And stomped both his feet “You don’t use the potty, Or water, or eat?” I knew what he meant But he knew what I meant too So he thought for a minute And knew right what to do “Sometimes one man’s trash Is his little girl’s treasure!” And he

A poet A rhymer A straight up old timer A gardner A grower Finger crossing seed sower A chauffeur A baker A temperature taker A mother A spouse A cleaner of house A giver A taker A picture book maker A human A being Someone worth seeing A reader A thinker A cold coffee drinker Weight lifter and walker Not much of a talker Game player Ball kicker Acoustic geet picker A human Alone Scrolling her phone Posting her rhyme Thinking All of the time Connection The laws Finding a caus

Hello good morning sunshine The brown earth has a plan Keep it low and keep it slow Not rush fast as you can Hello good morning sunshine The day starts fresh, anew Be sure to go, but keep it slow Don't want to miss the view

MIDNIGHT Tucked inside pink coral Snuggled cozy in his home Lies the sleeping beta fish Who only lives alone Long and flowing tail Billows all around He often lies and lounges Lazily upon the ground He moved into a classroom When he was just a lad And now he lives upon our table And everyone is glad :)

HOME Home is a place Home has a taste Home is zone Where some time you can waste Home is a space Where you lie down your face Late at night on a pillow Set an alarm, just in case Home is a base Touch it most, take first place A batter, a ball In a high speed thrill chase Home is relief When you can't change the part And your new next door neighbor Helps your old car to start Home is a chair Where you sit down with ease Warm tea with lemon And honey from bees Home is your fami

Oh my teeth are yellow And my hair is white And when I wake up in the morn' It's like I've been up all night Oh my hair is wild And my armpits stink And I ain't had nuthin' But ginger ale to drink And I've got no class And I've got no cash But oh my Lordy I make those gold cymbals crash I make the big drum sing I let the silver bells shake The snare drum snaps Now everybody's awake I make the people dance I make them twirl their hips Make the folks forget to put their drinks

A Christmas wreath A pumpkin flat A spangled banner And leprechaun hat An Easter egg A tulip flag Bright pink hearts A witchy hag A neverending holiday... When the neighbors don't put their decorations away....

Crooked Brownies Someone cut the brownies badly And I swear it wasn’t me But i couldn’t leave them there Looking crooked as can be So I took a butter knife And I made a tiny trim Then I ate a little sliver….. Then the feasting did begin! The brownies were still warm And oh, my my my my! I couldn’t stop the nibbling No matter how I tried!

Us 2 Me and you on a train, us two Me and you on a train We traveled far, we traveled wide We traveled sun and rain Me and you on a train, us two Sitting side by side Me and you on a train, us two Nothing left to hide Me and you on a train, us two Traveling through France Me and you on a train, us two Each taking a chance Me and you, in the city, us two Us in the green country Me and you at the marketplace Me and you by the sea Me and you, got jobs, us two Me and you paid ren

THE LUNCH LADY’S A GENIUS The lunch lady’s a genius Don’t tell anyone But on the weekends She does calculus just for fun The lunch lady’s a genius She once made a sculpture For the nature museum Of an ultra rare vulture The lunch lady’s a genius And I’ll tell you what She studied the dolphins And lived in a hut The lunch lady’s a genius She can name the subspecies Of the American muskrat By the scent of its feces The lunch lady’s a genius You know what I heard? She can tell b

FROM ME TO YOU From me to you Here’s some advice Don’t worry so much About folks who aren’t nice From me to you Here’s a small tip Get a cold lemonade And sit and just sip From me to you A bit of wise sage A lot of times things Do get better with age From me to you Don’t worry so much Pick some yard flowers Tie them in a bunch Walk to a doorstep And lay them right down Might help form a smile From what once was a frown From me to you I’m a hundred years old And I’ve never reg

MY GRANDMA’S SMELLS LIKE ONIONS My grandma’s smells like onions She chops them up real small She warms them in a pan a bit And rolls the meat into a ball Grandma rolls some rising dough And flicks around her wrist Then lays it on a baking sheet And bakes up a garlic twist The spaghetti is al dente Just like the Old World style A mountain in the colander Rises up a mile When we sit together My grandma passes ‘round the butter And says “There’s nothing better Than eating dinner

The Baby Eats Dog Food Oh the baby eats dog food His breath is just so rude His kisses will make you turn green! But he just loves to nibble That crunchy old kibble It’s the grossest thing I’ve ever seen Oh the baby eats dog food My dad says “Oh, ick, dude!” When he sticks his face into the bowl But I never once saw A baby sit and give paw And now he can speak, shake, and roll!

The Old Biddies What am I supposed to do When the old biddies say “You should be controlling your children! They shouldn't be acting this way!” My kids pick their own outfits They say I have no style Though I wish they’d choose some Appropriate clothes once in awhile My oldest son wears sandals Right through mid December But when the summer comes It’s black hoodies ‘til September And my sweet girl won’t wear her coat She screams and fights and cries And when the biddies see h

PEACE TO ALL THE FREAKS Peace to all the freaks The weirdos and the geeks Peace to all the normal people too Peace to everyone with hair golden like the sun And peace to all the folks with hair of blue Peace to all the girls Peace to all the boys Peace those unsure or in between Peace to all the ladies The fellas and the babies Peace to all the grandmas and the teens Peace to every family And all the colors that they can be Peace to all the languages we speak Peace to all the