Metaphors

Life is like sailing

learning like playing sports

poetry like singing

Growing up is like nature

a dream like a movie

family like a house

and accomplishing a goal like hiking

Walking on the Beach

Hot, we squeeze into our Red Durango,
Headed toward our paradise
We set up our polka dot umbrella and checkered blanket
I feel the crumbly sand beneath my feet,
The waves nipping at my toes
I hear the seagulls squawking and the waves hitting the rocks
The summer breeze blowing against my back
I smell the sea salt and I feel like I want to drain it
and put it on the avocados we put in our picnic basket

My Mind

My mind is like a storage room
So many boxes of ideas, facts, and memories
I pick up the boxes,
Searching through the mumble and jumble
for that factor of two numbers.
Finding it is like discovering an old model airplane
In an old box.
It feels good that I found it
And I hope I can find more
I want to keep searching.

Alphabet Poem

A
Bouncing
Cat
Did
Eat
Frog
Guts
Having
Icky
Jelly
Kicking
Lemons
Mating
Nitwit
Octopuses
Pulling
Quail
Running
Sloths
Tolerantly
Under
Vultures
With
Xtra
Yelling
Zebras

Trouble Poetry

The trouble with paper
Is that it easily rips
And gives you a papercut
On your tips!

My friend Garfield

This is my friend, Garfield
So orange and balmy
The safest thing in the world
Except my mommy

This is my friend, Garfield
All soft and stripey
But before the wash
He can smell a little ripey

This is my friend, Garfield
I love him, I do
But sometime I wish
He could talk, just like you!

Books

Reading is like swimming
in a ocean of knowledge
that swallows you up
Like surfing waves
savoring and enjoying the moment