"In Lands Afar"

P.O.W. short for, prisoner of war,
people imprisoned, in lands afar.
Remembering home, they sit and cry,
suffering terrible tortures, they pray to die.

M.I.A. missing in action, let the records show,
dead or alive, no one seems to knows.
They've just disappeared, in the middle of war,
somewhere hidden, in lands afar.

K.I.A. killed in action, freedoms highest cost,
so millions are free, thousands are lost.
Fighting and dying, in another war,
their lifes blood shed, in lands afar.

No greater gift, can a person give,
than his life, so others may live.
Abbreviations, associated with war,
They've paid a high price, in lands afar.

"Where...?"

***

There was a little boy,
On the week's first day,
Coming home from Sunday School
And wandering on the way.

He scuffed his shoes into the grass
And found a caterpillar.
He found a fluffy milkweed pod
And blew out all the filler.

A bird's nest in a tree above,
So wisely placed on high,
Was just another wonder
That caught his eager eye.

A neighbor watched his crooked course
And hailed him from the lawn.
He asked him where he'd been that day
And what was going on.

"I've been to Sunday School," he said
As he turned a piece of sod,
And picking up a worm, he smiled,
"I've learned a lot from God!"

"That's a fine way," the neighbor said,
"For a boy to spend his time.
Now if you can tell me where God is,
I'll give you a brand new dime."

Quick as a flash the answer came,
The boy said without complaint,
"I'll give you a dollar, Mister,
If you can tell me where God ain't!!"

AMORE

When the moon hits your eye,

Like a big pizza pie,

That's amore.

When an eel bites your hand,

And that's not what you planned,

That's a moray.

When our habits are strange,

And our customs deranged,

That's our mores.

When your horse munches straw,

And the bales total four,

That's some more hay.

When Othello's poor wife,

Becomes stabbed with a knife,

That's a Moor, eh?

When a Japanese knight,

Uses his sword in a fight,

That's Samurai.

When your sheep go to graze,

In a damp marshy place,

That's a moor, eh?

When your boat comes home fine,

And you tie up her line,

That's a moor, eh?

When you ace your last tests,

Like you did all the rest,

That's some more "A"s!

When on Mt. Cook you see,

An aborigine,

That's a Maori.

Alley Oop's homeland has,

A space gun with pizzazz,

That's a Moon ray...

A comedian ham,

With the name Amsterdam,

That's a Morey.

When your chocolate graham,

Is so full and so crammed,

That s'more, eh.

When you've had quite enough,

Of this dumb rhyming stuff,

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