Category: Hobbies

I have steered me clear of hobbies
Without dodging work, of course–
So, while you pursue your hobby,
I shall ride my charley-horse.

by Ray Romine Friday, September 25, 1953

Hobbies are a thing with which
Teen-age girls take no chances.
Forgoing stamps, the little vamps
Collect admiring glancesl

by Ray Romine Wednesday, September 19, 1951

Who has more than one hobby is welcome, for, brother,
With eating, I cannot afford me another.

by Ray Romine Tuesday, September 29, 1953

It takes one for hunting; it takes one to fish;
It takes one for selling the elegant dish;
Another for boating, and several to drive;
And one for just helping your dog to survive.
Pedalling takes one, and paddling does too;
Caught necking without one, it’s jail-house for
It’s carried so far that today, on my soul,
Unless you have got one, you can’t dig a hole.
“A hobby’s what you need,” the Docs say, “Pursue it!”0
But if you’ve no license, you’d better not do it.

by Ray Romine Tuesday, February 3, 1953

He swore to write a verse a day
This week, this Romine feller;
But he bought a new jig-saw today–
You’ll find him in the cellar.

Well, what’s vacation for, if you
Can’t do the things you WANT to do?

by Ray Romine Wednesday, November 3, 1943

Whatever your collection is,
I’ll beam. I think it’s fine!
Anything, chum,
To keep you from
Making fun of mine.

by Ray Romine Thursday, January 25, 1951

Patiently, contentedly,
He catches butterflies;
Sorts and mounts and studies them
While he identifies
Each smallest one. They are,
Besides these happy hours,
Geology, geography,
Summer, sunshine, flowers.

There’s not in any man I know
Enthusiasm so alive!
It keeps his nerves and heart intact-And
himself young at eighty-five.

by Ray Romine Thursday, November 29, 1951