Loose Poems

I'LL NEVER KISS A BEARDED MAN1

I'll never kiss a bearded man;
I'll never kiss a bearded man.
I'll never kiss a bearded man;
I'll never kiss a bearded man.2

I'll never kiss a bearded man;
I'll never kiss a bearded man.
I'll never kiss a bearded man;
I'll never kiss a bearded man.3

I'll never kiss a bearded man;
I'll never kiss a bearded man.
I'll never kiss a bearded man,
but that don't mean that I won't plan.4

SAFE
A boy once embraced me too strongly
And I flinched as I felt it go wrongly
I feared I might fall
As we sailed towards a wall
But his arm was tucked safe all along me.5

SO, THIS IS LOVE
So, this is love!
Well, look at it, look at it!
So, this is love!
Well, it stings.6

So, this is sickness,
I ache of it, ache of it!
So, this is sickness,
Well, it hurts.7

So, this is love!
Well, take of it, take of it!
So, this is love!
Well, it ails.8

Ah, love sickness!
Well, I've got, I've got it!
Ah, love sickness!
Well, it stings.9

So, this will cure?
Well, kiss my cheek, kiss my cheek!
So, this will cure?
Well, it aches.10

THE TROUBLE WITH LIMERICKS11

I tried to write love songs with limericks
But like building a castle with clay bricks
It just won't hold fast
'Fore the critics' lambastes
And now, I'm back to my old tricks!12