Category: Poems

Ray Romine Poems

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Not Binding

The path which the General now treads
Is one of getting it through certain heads
That, although they love it
And have oodles of it,
Red tape is no good to fight Reds!

by Ray Romine Friday, May 4, 1951

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Not Beyond This Day

Don’t tell me “tomorrow”, for it never comes.
Today is for heartbeats like runaway drums;
For the trumpets of kisses exchanged unafraid;
For the fifing of laughter; for love on parade.
Today, formed for lovers, can and should last
To the flash out of which it is claimed by the past.
So savor the moment; come whatever may,
We are certain of two things– our love, and today.

by Ray Romine Wednesday, August 31, 1949

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Noses

The bunny has a nose that’s pink;
The baboon’s, often blue;
A dog’s is mostly black, I think–
What color nose have you?

The elephant can boast a trunk;
The rhino has a horn;
The pig, a shovel he can dunk
For bugs and buried corn.

Beside such noses, gay and merry,
My own nose seems so ordinary.

by Ray Romine Tuesday, January 8, 1952

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Non-conformist

I always thought I
Was a well-mannered guy,
In deportment quite different from most;
But that difference you see
Is the thing wrong with me,
According to Emily Post!

by Ray Romine Wednesday, October 13, 1948

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Non-compulsive

“I don’t like to bother you, but…”
Is a statement I hear with disgust,
For there’s just this much to it:
You don’t want to do it,
So why do you figure you must?

by Ray Romine Saturday, June 29, 1946