There's A Way To Say I Love You

by Wayne Wysocki

There's a way to say I love you,
There's a way I never knew;
Now you can hear I'm sorry, dear,
For the slightest trace of the smallest tear,

But it's too late to say forgive me
For the things I've done to you,
For the way to say I love you
Is to love with a heart that's true.

Copyright © 2019 Wayne Wysocki
Art from jing.fm

Happy Birthday, Jesus

by Wayne Wysocki

Happy Birthday, Jesus.
Happy Christmas Day.
We have been bad, so now is the time
To bow our heads and pray.

    Happy Birthday, Jesus.
    What's it all about?
    You made the cake and you made the wish,
    But we blew the candles out.

Happy Birthday, Jesus.
Listen while we pray.
Please tell us why we can't get along
On this Christmas Day.

    Happy Birthday, Jesus.
    What's it all about?
    You made the cake and you made the wish,
    But we blew the candles out.

Happy Birthday, Jesus.
Though we've gone awry
Give us the strength and show us the way,
And we'll give it one more try.

    Happy Birthday, Jesus.
    What's it all about?
    You made the cake and you made the wish,
    But we blew the candles out.

Happy Birthday, Jesus.
Here's our gift to you:
It isn't gold or frankincense,
But a promise to be true.

    Happy Birthday, Jesus.
    What's it all about?
    You made the cake and you made the wish,
    But we blew the candles out.


Copyright © 2019 Wayne Wysocki. Art from LPI

Not Always Feeling It

by Wayne Wysocki

I don't mean to anger or jar you,
But you've hit on a pet peeve of mine;
To answer your question, "How are you?",
I'm required to say, "I'm just fine".

Copyright © 2019 Wayne Wysocki

Buddies Under The Sea

by Wayne Wysocki

An unlikely pair of symbionts

In harmony do swim

Through sunny, tropic waters,

Beyond the coral rim;

'Tis strange, for one is monstrous

And one is like a lark;

How oddly they are mated,

The pilot fish and shark.

Copyright © 2019 Wayne Wysocki. Art by squeedgemonster.deviantart.com

Presidential Pardons

by Wayne Wysocki

As the president pardoned the turkey

From a fate so horribly grim,

He couldn't help but wonder

Who would be pardoning him.

Copyright © 2019 Wayne Wysocki

Drastic Measure

by Wayne Wysocki

There once was a fellow from Fife

In fear of loosing his life.

    He ended his dread

    Of winding up dead

When he cut off his head with a knife!

Copyright © 2019 Wayne Wysocki

Reluctant Spender

by Wayne Wysocki

There once was a banker from Kent
Whose life was fanatically bent
    On saving each quid
    Like no other did
And moaning with each pound he spent

Copyright © 2019 Wayne Wysocki. Art from webstockreview.net

Pumpkin Guy

by Wayne Wysocki

A Jack-o-Lantern, it's said,
Had the brain scooped out of his head;
     He was only as bright
     As the dim candle light,
But boy was he handsome instead!

Copyright © 2019 Wayne Wysocki. Art by Barbara A. Lane

X-Factors

by Wayne Wysocki

Hello, my darling variable,
'Tis me, your dear unknown.
How'd you like to take a chance?
You'd not be all alone.

We'd make a fine equation;
'Twould equal none we've known.
Just you, my darling variable,
And me, your dear unknown.

Copyright © 2019 Wayne Wysocki
Art by Geralt

One Down (haiku)

by Wayne Wysocki

al-Baghdadi dead
Donald Trump proudly boasting
ISIS regrouping

Copyright © 2019 Wayne Wysocki

A Trip to the Orient

by Wayne Wysocki

A poppy is pretty and bright
And its juice is so far out of sight
    That the smoke in a den
    Full of dirty old men
Makes all of them high as a kite.

Copyright © 2019 Wayne Wysocki

Fate?

by Wayne Wysocki

A gypsy told me destiny
Has etched the road ahead --
Someone else expressed that we
Can plot a course instead.

While worldly scholars speculate,
Perhaps the truth goes thus:
The universe just shows the way,
The rest is up to us.

 Copyright © 2019 Wayne Wysocki

Toad Tale

 a limerick by Wayne Wysocki

There once was an arrogant frog
Who thought he was king of the bog
  ‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍But he wasn't so regal
 ‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍ When the bark of a beagle
Scared him right off of his log.

Copyright © 2019 Wayne Wysocki

Bourbon And Ice

a limerick by Wayne Wysocki

A fellow who fractured his hip
Learned a valuable tip
     If liquor you drink
     At the ice skating rink
You're probably going to slip.

Copyright © 2019 Wayne Wysocki 
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