UNTHINKABLE by russ mckay
Posted on August 29, 2022
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I heard someone say “…that’s UNTHINKABLE!”
And that really caused me to think
I bet that I could have thought of it
Thought of it quick as a wink
I’m thinking almost all the time
It’s something that I like to do
But sometimes what I think about
I’m not sure I want to tell you
I think thinking should be private
‘Cause thoughts aren’t always nice
There are thoughts that I try rethinking
But I always think the same thing twice
So after all this thinking ’bout “Unthinkable”
I still have some doubt in my head
All that good thinking was wasted
And I wish that word hadn’t been said
Solar Eclipse by sillygrandpa.com
Posted on August 22, 2022
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Today was a solar eclipse
We saw it on one of our trips
We couldn’t look at the sun
Even when it was done
We saw the shadow on paper strips
They told us “Don’t try to see
And view the eclipse directly”
If you get hurt by the eclipse
Then what’s the sense of these trips?
Why they hold these eclipses stumps me!
Fred’s Lost Head
Posted on August 15, 2022
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Big shouldered Fred
Had lost his whole head
And of course, can’t see to find it
He can’t hear it either
And he’s lost his breather
He’s found a chair and he’s feeling behind it
Well it didn’t roll there
It could be anywhere
He really needs my help the big lug
I asked how he lost it
Had he just tossed it?
But those shoulders he’d just shrug
We searched all around
In the trees…on the ground
Until I heard a voice start to yell
“I’m way down here
I’ve a headache severe”
Fred’s head had rolled down the well
We slowly lowered the pail
His head continued to wail
“Hurry or I’m gonna drown!”
“Keep your chin up Fred”
And then he said
“I’m so glad that I have been found”
Well we bailed out his head
And replaced it for Fred
On his shoulders where it needs to stay
“Remember Fred
When you lose your head
I’m your friend and I’ll be on the way”
“Until you dropped the rope
I had given up hope
I had replaced it with dread”
I said “You must never lose hope
No never say nope
Never quit when you are a head!”
I Have To Grow Up by russ mckay
Posted on August 9, 2022
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I guess I have to grow up
If I want to or not
I can’t stay a kid
Keep the life that I’ve got
But I am so happy
That I am still young
I don’t want to get older
And climb the next rung
I see Mom and Dad
They work hard all the time
‘Cause if they didn’t
We’d not have a dime
I love going to school
Well, mostly I do
My friends are all there
I love learning too
But when I am much older
I’ll have my own life
And we’ll have to make money
Both me and my wife
And I’ll have to buy
All kinds of toys
For my many children
Three girls and three boys
And I’ll have a big house
And a big mortgage to pay
But this is depressing
I’m going out to play!
THE COW by sillygrandpa.com
Posted on July 27, 2022
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What if you were a cow
What would you be doing now?
For animals bovine
Grass is divine
And they eat more than a sow
A mouthfull of grass is a cud
It’s composed of both grass and mud
Cows think they are yummy
And with an extra tummy
The cud goes down with a thud
Cows never ever eat meat
Mostly stand around on their feet
They’ll squat down in the grassTo let rain showers pass
Then stand on dry ground…that’s so neat
Cows weigh almost nine hundred pounds
They’re thankful that green fields abound
They must keep eating all day
To stay looking that way
Cow shapes are mostly round
Do you think that you’d like a cow’s life?
Would you like to be a bull’s wife?
Cows give milk every day
Without any pay
I feel certain cow boredom is rife
Sense Of Smell by sillygrandpa.com
Posted on July 21, 2022
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Have you ever wondered if there’s a smell
That even skunks don’t like?
I’ve observed those animals closely
In the evenings when they hike
When they’re out there walking
Whether father, mother, sister, brother
You’ll never ever see them walking
One behind the other!
Granddaughter’s Tea Party by sillygrandpa.com
Posted on July 16, 2022
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Yesterday about the hour of three
I was invited to have high tea
My Granddaughter had invited me
And I was happy to be you see
When I arrived I just said “Gee!”
Smaller teacups…there just couldn’t be
She instructed me…”Please take a seat!”
“Where DO I put my feet?”
“Oh just stick them out there anywhere
It doesn’t matter I really don’t care”
So I removed my baseball hat
And with great difficulty down I sat
My Granddaughter poured me out some air
Which only caused me to start to stare
She lifted up her cup to sip
And I put mine up to my lip
“No wait! Would you like lemon or cream?”
“Ah…yes I’ll have both if it’s all the same”
She poured me out cream air “Say when!”
“Ah…that’s just perfect once again”
“Shall it be one lump or two?”
“As many lumps as pleasures you”
Her wrist she delicately did bend
Serving me two lumps of sweet pretend
“And if you will now my dear sir
It is time for us to stir”
So I began to stir my air
With a great amount of care
“Now try some…tell me how it tastes”
I tried as a guest not to do so with haste
With my pinky finger stuck straight out
I put the cup up to my mouth
But drink the tea I just could not
The tea was much too…much too hot!
I waited…but when I took a sip
I scalded my poor upper lip
My Granddaughter laughed and giggled with glee
“Thank you for coming to tea with me!”
Foreign Language by russ mckay
Posted on July 12, 2022
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I’d like to learn the language
Of some foreign land
Then I could talk to all those people
And they would understand
.Yes I would like to learn a language
That I could speak, know how it’s written
I think I’ll start with the one I heard
Those people speaking in Great Britain!
The Ghost Of Endicott McNair
Posted on July 3, 2022
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I was invited to a grand estate
Which I thought was really great
The huge front doors swung open wide
But when I looked…there was no one inside
The house was empty or so I thought
I held up the invitation that I had brought
Then a voice from nowhere said “Welcome”
“I’m the butler…enter…I’m Malcolm”
I saw no butler or any other sole
But I went in as I was told
“Master will be with you very soon”
I looked around the empty room
“HELLO!” a loud voice behind me said
“I see you’re living…well we’re all dead!”
“Glad you came I’m Endy McNair”
Then he sat in a chair…that wasn’t there
“We’ve had guests but very few”
“In fact this year there’s been only you”
“Well you write rhymes for girls and boys”
“The tween ones are wonderful joys”
“But they all seem to be afraid of us”
“By the way isn’t your name Russ?”
“Ah yes it is as you wrote on your invite”
“Malcolm wrote that…I can’t write!”
“Well we want you to compose a rhyme to tell
Your readers We Aren’t Scary and We Don’t Smell!”
It’s true he wasn’t scary and the air didn’t stink
And about that time I started to think
Ghosts do get a lot of bad press
So I’ll write a poem and do my best…
To dispell the rumor that all ghosts are mean
And it was then that I left the scene
The big doors opened and it was time
To rush on home and write this rhyme
A Tall Oak Tree I’ll Always Be..by sillygrandpa.com
Posted on June 27, 2022
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I am a great big Oak tree
And I’ve been here for years
The children play around me
They shout and yell their cheers
I love it when the Spring comes
And my leaves just start to pop
But my secret wish is
I wish that I could hop!
Oh I’d jump around the grassy slope
I’d run through underbrush
And sometimes I’d just walk slowly
I’d not be in a rush
I’d be careful not to step
On tiny living things
And I’d only go where I could get
But my feet are way below the ground
Attached to roots real deep
I need them all to stand so tall
Especially on a hill so steep
‘though it gets kinda boring
Always standing here
I guess it’s what I have to do
Year after year after year
I know that I will never be
Free to run around
But Gee, I’d be so happy
If I could just sit down
