Posted in Humor, My Poems, tagged bard on the hill, Dennis Allen Lange, funny, humor, laugh, limerick, poems, poetry, pun, salty sweet, The Wordplay Quip, whimsy, wit on January 15, 2017| Leave a Comment »
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Some humor is not quite as funny.
It’s salty, not sweet as pure honey.
…It’s whimsy and wit,
…And some laugh a bit
For they find this humor is punny.
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photo by Billy Frank Alexander at
http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/mlKx9Ey/Monkey
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© Dennis Allen Lange and thebardonthehill.wordpress.com, 2017.
Posted in Humor, My Poems, tagged ashen, bard on the hill, Dennis Lange, fire escape, gloves, humour, I know what I'll wear, pink parasol, poems, poetry, red carpet smile, rhyming, rhythm, stroll down the steps, The Lady Of Fashion, whimsy, white lace on April 23, 2015| 2 Comments »
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…………….The Lady Of Fashion
I know what I’ll wear if there’s smoke in the air –
…I prep for it with a hot passion.
I cannot be caught like a babe – unaware;
…For I am a lady of fashion.
The touches I add will bring praises by all
…(For frills, I am filled with compassion):
White lace and white gloves and a pink parasol,
…For I am a lady of fashion.
In case of a fire, I’ll escape in great style
…Though faces around me be ashen.
I’ll stroll down the steps with a red carpet smile.
…So said the grand lady of fashion.
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photo by drow at
http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/mWyqkOy/fire+escape
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© Dennis Lange and thebardonthehill.wordpress.com, 2015.
Posted in Humor, My Poems, tagged < META name = "keywords" content = "Dan White, < Twinkie, defense, Hostess Bakery bankruptcy, humor, humour, poems, poetry, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, sugar high" >, supervisor Harvey Milk" >, whimsy on January 12, 2012| 24 Comments »
Twinkie, Twinkie, golden bar,
Hostess brand has fallen far –
Bankruptcy, about to die;
If Twinkie follows, some will cry.
Twinkie, Twinkie, golden bar –
Will we wonder where you are?
Prim and proper cheer and shout;
They hope that you won’t be about;
Spoilsports decry your chemicals,
And say you aren’t nutritional.
Twinkie, Twinkie, golden bar –
Will we wonder where you are?
If no Twinkies, no defense
For men who eat them, lose their sense;
And those bad men will face their crime;
Go down death row or do their time.
Twinkie, Twinkie, golden bar –
Will we wonder where you are?
I had a Twinkie ere I sat
To write this poem – look where I’m at!
I did it on a sugar high;
Tis Twinkie’s fault, not I. Not I!
Twinkie, Twinkie, golden bar –
The bard has fallen very far.
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Photo by Evan-Amos
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Third stanza – The term “Twinkie Defense” originated from the trial of Dan White, who shot and killed San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk. The widespread misconception is that the defense argued that White’s consumption of Twinkie’s affected his judgment and he thus shouldn’t have been accountable for the murders. In reality, a defense witness testified that White’s consumption of Twinkies was evidence of depression, the grounds for a diminished capacity plea. White was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, not murder. See: http://www.snopes.com/legal/twinkie.asp
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© Dennis Lange and thebardonthehill.wordpress.com, 2012.
The Bard on the Hill 