A Willing Prisoner Of Love I am your prisoner, as sure as there's love. Bound in a cage like a single white dove. To spread my wings with no place to fly; Will you set me free or watch me die. With a tear in your eye and sadness in your heart, You release my soul, tearing yours apart. I leap from my perch and out the door, to swoop on down, landing there on the floor. Up I look, gazing into your eyes, Extending my wings I...

From The Files Of Jack Vine A Jack And The Giant P I Case File The Farmer And The Troll “Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after.” It was Monday and I had just settled down at my desk, newspaper in one hand and a large cup of coffee in the other, my intent, to relax for a couple hours of blissful boredom. It was then that I heard the door to...

I went into the bathroom, And jumped into the tub. I filled it up with hot water, Then added my rubber sub. To make it kind of interesting, I added bubbly soap. I imagined the bubbles were icebergs, At least that’s what I hoped. When all was set with my winter world, I took my sub to play. I traveled under the ice, As if an Arctic day. Suddenly my sub encountered, A burst of natural gas. I giggled and also held my nose, F...

A stomachache, runny nose and a pounding head. A sneeze and a wheeze, I wished I were dead. My forehead felt so red and so hot. They say it's a bug, that's what I have got. To bed I did go, with covers pulled up. Mom’s hot chicken soup, filling up my cup. Sleep I did seek, for a little relief. To end my discomfort, to end my grief. It was not to be, that night of peace. Of mom’s soothing liquid, my stomach did release. Up...

An Irish Poem 1 (I used two different stones so there are 2 poems) I have walked among the wee folk, merrily and with smile. Dazzled by the greenest eyes, of which I was beguiled. She, of lore, with lips of cherry; kissed me once to make me merrier. I kissed her back, to her surprise, she lost her heart within my eyes. Tales were told of The Cloch Labhrais, a stone I'd gone to view. Searching for loves answer, it told me...

From The Files Of Jack Vine A Jack And The Giant P I Case File The Great Muffet Caper “Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet eating her curds and whey. When along came a spider who sat down beside her and frightened Miss Muffet away.” I’m Jack, I’m a private eye and this was the lead story on the front page of this morning’s Meadow Gazette. It was being treated as a missing person by the local law enforcement but something...

From The Files Of Jack Vine A Jack And The Giant P I Case File Case Of The Missing Candlestick Maker “Jack be nimble Jack be quick, Jack jumped over the candle stick.” It had been a couple months since Tiny and me cracked the caper of The Lost Little Lamb, and yes I was sort of seeing Mary on the side now. Her sister Terri, also a knock out, had fiery red hair, an hourglass figure and surprisingly a PhD in physical educat...

My name is Kodi, Kodi Gator. My dad tells me I’m a junior, but being's his name is Big Mike, I’m pretty sure it’s just a thing with him. Maybe someday I’ll look into that, but not today. Today, you see, is my birthday, and I finally get to go off on my own unsupervised by Mom. (Mom, you should know, is a little overprotective sometimes. Don’t tell her I said that though.) “Mom!” I yelled. “Can I go now?” It was the sevent...

A Wino's Parody Wyndham and wine; whirlybird wings. Capped in the clouds; Giant Frost Kings. Swords of bronze, tipped with tears. Gangsters in time, Spinster, Minster, and fears. Dream world obscured, confusing in drink. I can not wake up; nose pickled and pink. Give me a nudge or a kick in the head. Check my pulse, for I may be dead. Nope! Not this time, for there stands my wife. But maybe not for long, she's carrying a...

(For Astarte) There’s a sweet girl I know With woefully foes Her fears she does keep in a dream Of this I can see Of that it shall be To see her sad eyes turn to gleam The woes are her foes With red hair and a nose That we would all know as a clown Her fears give no peace As she sleeps there in Greece For I would rather see her smiling than frown Try as she might She just couldn't fight Her fears she did have in her bed S...

I be a ruthless pirate, I sings me a jolly good rhyme. In every port and bar I go, I haves me a bloody good time, On the sea I be bad, At least I pretends ta be. Yet, instead of this tankard of swill I drink, I’d rather have a spot of tea. I be known as Black Beard, The scourge of the briny deep. But the tales of me be exaggerated some, Like the treasures I did reap. In truth me ship be old, And, like me crew, it leaks. O...

An old man is wandering the path of his life Remembering his lovers lost in the past In his youth he was brash, in his youth he was bold A cocky young man, but that did not last He hears the call of the nightingale, its song is so sweet Would she draw him to his fate for that he does not know He fears its luring call, like the sirens of old That drew the poor sailors to their watery woe I fear the call of the nightingale,...

Lollipop, Lollipop Lollipop, lollipop, sucker so sweet. Two do I have, I shall share with friend Pete. Sitting in the park, under the trees. Licking and sucking, never seeing the bees. With a buzz, buzz, buzz, we noticed the sound. Lifting our heads, we looked all around. And what did we see, with astonishing eyes. Swirling above, a swarm of great size. Jumping to our feet, we did in a flash. To make for the creek, in a m...

(For Lady Jane) “Dear (Jane)…”, to my horror were the first words I read. It was the line that hit hardest, my heart it did dread. “I love you so much”, it went on to lie, The hurt magnified, I wished I would die. On I read, while the room spun around, My tears in a tissue, dropped onto the ground. “But I met someone else, we hit it off well.” The words there in ink had broken his spell. His mask fell away to reveal the b...

Jack was nimble, Jack was quick, Jack O’lantern was looking quite slick. With a pumpkin head lit by candle light, He’s the coolest dude on Halloween night. His date, I see, is Wendy the witch, An interesting pair, like Lelo and stitch. To a party they all went, to Dracula’s pad. Drac wore a black tux, looking quite Rad. There were others guests there, like Wolfman Jack. He held in his hands a candy filled sack. Alice Coop...