A Drive Around My Hometown
The house I was born in,
used to stand right here.
I was just one more hungry child
destined to grow old and die.
Right here in this schoolyard,
I learned life’s valuable lessons.
The more you have,
the more you get,
the more you want.
Here’s the church,
that taught me,
no one cared,
about lost souls.
Only how much,
is in the collection,
plate.
This is the highway,
where I found out,
if I went too far.
I would never,
make it back.
No matter how hard I try
What a Whopper
She wanted to know where the limit lies
when it came to manhood and the size
trying to compare
she had to stop and stare
at the one that took first prize
#1546 Limerick by Jerry Brotherton
Back on My Side of the Road
In honor of Poetry Month, I am resurrecting my old WordPress website, The Backyard Poet.
https://thebackyardpoetcom.wordpress.com
I sure would appreciate you dropping by and giving me a look. Check out some of the old stuff and hopefully enjoy some new poetry and flash fiction.
~Back on My Side of the Road~
4/1/2025 Jerry Brotherton
I’ve tried to walk in the middle,
keep my mouth shut when I can.
But my silence is over,
and it’s time to make my stand.
No longer can I sit idly by,
with this world in disarray.
I’ll voice my mind and my heart,
let the chips fall where they may.
~ Am I Original…
As I sit here and pen this rhyme
I wonder if there may come a time
someone else might have the same words to say
As we sit under the same moon
and write tales about a lover’s swoon
will we tell it in the very same way
There are only so many words
to use as nouns, adjectives and verbs
coincidence dictates it might be so
Cause I have read so many bards
that the chances might not be that hard
I could do it and never really know
After all there’s been many times
I’ve struggled to find a way to rhyme
the word horse with anything but ‘of course’
I guess I could make up a word
one nobody else has ever heard
like the evil stallion who bucked and ‘snorsed’
I don’t know why I worry so
there’s probably no one else you know
with a mind quite as twisted and depraved
So if you ever think for sure
you have read these exact words before
know that I didn’t mean to misbehave
Jerry Brotherton 