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Terry Mansfield

Poetry That Won't Make Your Head Hurt (Volume 2)

An Eclectic Collection of Short Poems To Make You Think and Sometimes Amuse You


This book is dedicated to my beloved wife Kayoko, who has been by my side through thick and thin for a half-century.


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The Long Chase (she played hard to get)

He chased the lovely lady

 

but she played hard to get.

 

Although she liked him,

 

she intended to be coy

 

about her intentions and

 

make him guess whether

 

she liked him or not, and

 

to earn her love. This, of

 

course drove him mad, but

 

he was a determined fellow.

 

He would chase her to the

 

end of the earth if need be.

 

So he kept after her until

 

they reached the North

 

Pole. Then he proposed

 

to her and she said yes.

 

They got married in front

 

of a bunch of odd-looking

 

small people and some

 

creatures with horns. He

 

placed a special ring on

 

her finger, making her

 

Mrs. Claus. And Santa

 

was a very happy man.

 

__________________

 

 

 

 

Legendary (his high regard for himself was not shared by others)

 

He was a legend.

 

At least in his own mind.

 

He thought his feats

 

were truly amazing.

 

But no one agreed

 

with him on that.

 

Didn’t matter, though,

 

because the only thing

 

he believed was what

 

he thought of himself.

 

And in his own mind,

 

he was truly legendary.

 

__________________

 

 

The Bank of Ideas (I was running low on ideas)

 

I went to the Bank

 

of Ideas to make a

 

withdrawal. But my

 

account was empty.

 

__________________

 

 

 

 

Not So Charming Prince (a warning)

 

Lately, you’ve been a real jerk,

 

Prince Charming, and I’m fed up.

 

In fact, if you don’t start behaving

 

better, I’m going to summon the

 

witch and have her turn you back

 

into a frog. Then you can leap into

 

my arms just like the old days.

 

So what’s it to be: prince or frog?

 

 __________________

 

 

Is The Cavalry Coming? (looking for a rescue)