MS. RATCHET JAW By Ken Blue I encountered a lady the other day Her verbosity left me in a daze I tried to say a word, but would not be heard She blasted me with every verbal phrase She’d ask me a question and answer it quickly She had no time for silence or […]
LIFE IS UNFAIR
LIFE IS UNFAIR By Ken Blue “Life is unfair” I heard a mother say, As she placed her lifeless infant ‘neath the cold indifferent clay “Life is unfair” an abandoned wife groaned, As she clutched the letter to her heart while standing all alone “Life is unfair” said a student not chosen for the team, […]
HELL
HELL By Ken Blue Hell is a place you need not go With its everlasting sufferings As a blazing inferno Hell has no breeze; not one drop of rain To ease the inhabitants From their eternal pain Hell is the home of the lost and the damned With no mercy possible Says Father Abraham Hell […]
GOSSIP
GOSSIP By Ken Blue I emptied feathers out a window They drifted carelessly on the wind I searched throughout the neighborhood To get them back again My efforts were all futile My searching was in vain The feathers had disappeared Down endless winding lanes So it is with gossip And every idle […]
MY NAME IS SAMARITAN
MY NAME IS SAMARITAN By Ken Blue My name is Samaritan; I was traveling the Jericho Road With a beast of burden, my only companion, who carried my daily load. I happened upon a stranger, who’d been robbed and left for dead And pouring in wine and oil, “I’ll help you, good neighbor” I said. […]