#AmericanWriters
Who is the happy husband? Why, in… 'Tis he who’s useless in the time… Who, asked to unclasp a bracelet o… Contrives to be utterly futile, fu… Or when a zipper nips his loved on…
The cow is of bovine ilk; One end is moo, the other is milk.
He tells you when you’ve got on t… And helps you with your girdle wh…
Unwillingly Miranda wakes, Feels the sun with terror, One unwilling step she takes, Shuddering to the mirror. Miranda in Miranda’s sight
Enter, breath; Breath, slip out; Blood, be channeled, And wind about. O, blessed breath and blood which…
The grackle’s voice is less than m… His heart is black, his eye is yel… He bullies more attractive birds With hoodlum deeds and vulgar word… And should a human interfere,
Adam Had’em
Oh, “rorty” was a mid-Victorian w… Which meant “fine, splendid, jolly… And often to me it has reoccurred In moments melancholy. For instance, children, I think i…
I don’t mind eels Except as meals. And the way they feels.
The firefly’s flame Is something for which science has… I can think of nothing eerier Than flying around with an unident… person’s posteerier.
The summer like a rajah dies, And every widowed tree Kindles for Congregationalist eye… An alien suttee.
I would live all my life in noncha… Were it not for making a living, w…
Celery, raw Develops the jaw, But celery, stewed, Is more quietly chewed.
Bound to your bookseller, leap to… Deluge your dealer with bakshish a… Lean on the counter and never say… Wodehouse and Wooster are with us… Flourish the fish-slice, your butt…
The camel has a single hump; The dromedary, two; Or else the other way around. I’m never sure. Are you?
