Your accepting my offer to break bread with me
Makes you far, far kinder than most,
Who would have expected, putting it mildly,
Roast!
by Ray Romine Wednesday, February 6, 1952
Selections from Trella Romine's library at Terradise Nature Center
Your accepting my offer to break bread with me
Makes you far, far kinder than most,
Who would have expected, putting it mildly,
Roast!
by Ray Romine Wednesday, February 6, 1952
While some folks’ girls have golden hair
And cobalt eyes, I will declare,
Thoueh silver-tongued be your small lass,
Our own at least has lungs of brass!
by Ray Romine Monday, October 16, 1950
My suit isn’t back from the cleaner’s yet;
You’re looking tired, and your hair’s not set;
We were up last night and the night before,
And next week’s calendar’s full–and more;
The streets are wet and the driving’s slippery;
And the Johnsons’ lunches are always kippery;
Mr. J’s jokes were once alive
Back around 1935;
The car’s garaged; and I’ve a suggestion–
The faintest trace–of indigestion;
And TV’s good tonight–stay home? Swell!
–Down, dear! The Johnsons are ringing our bell!
by Ray Romine Wednesday, January 17, 1951
One should let one’s nature soften
Toward babies–some are dry quite often.
by Ray Romine Saturday, September 23, 1950
“Beg your pardon; please forgive me;
I am sorry; how I hate me–“
Your apologies so ready
First impress, and then deflate me.
It’s some hint of sincerity
That constitutes the rarity…;
by Ray Romine Thursday, April 12, 1951
I make this dry, dry observation:
The rain stops. Also my vacation.
by Ray Romine Saturday, June 10, 1950
It’s said this holds–I can’t see how
(But nice to contemplate upon):
That gossips who besmirch me now
May praise me highly once I’m gone.
Of course it’s plain vindictiveness
(It’s I, admitted, at my worst)
For me to change the whole process
If some of my kind friends go first!
by Ray Romine Wednesday, February 6, 1952
This question has worried me–
So I will ask it:
Why is it waste paper
Prefers floor to basket?
by Ray Romine Saturday, October 16, 1948
It stands unique, in contrast to
Budget, purse and skillet
As the thing that doesn’t empty
Faster than you fill it.
by Ray Romine Tuesday, October 30, 1951
Mid influence, corruption and sin,
HT, at least, favors no kin;
When at Congress he’s burned,
Where he is concerned,
Poor Relations are with, and not in!
by Ray Romine Friday, April 6, 1951