I find his driving with one hand
Less difficult to understand
Than how this chap and all his kind
Get by with only half a mind.
by Ray Romine Tuesday, September 4, 1951
Category: Poems
Ray Romine Poems
Look In My Coat Pocket (Version 2)
I took the time;
I filled my pen;
Found the paper;
Settled. Then ,
Exercised my
Writing flair;
Chose my words
With judgment rare.
Creased it neatly.
Envelope
Addressed and sealed
(Heliotrope).
The care with which
I nursed and dosed it!
Stamped it, and
Forgot to post it.
8-20-49 (Alt.)
by Ray Romine Saturday, August 20, 1949
Look in My Coat Pocket
I dug out paper;
Filled my pen;
Found your address;
Settled. Then,
Exercised my
Writing flair;
Chose my words
With tact and care;
Creased it neatly.
Envelope
Stuck and stamped,
I mailed it?
Nope.
by Ray Romine Saturday, August 20, 1949
Look At Him!
Says Stalin–and never sincerer–
(I’ll translate, so it will be clearer):
“From the way they are bolting,
The Chinks are revolting!”
Quick, somebody, hand him a mirror!
by Ray Romine Friday, February 23, 1951
London Unvisited
I sat along the river Thames,
Lonesome for my home and femmes.
I’d much prefer the river Thames
If one could sit and chat with dames.
by Ray Romine Friday, January 19, 1951
Loan Groan
How is it that the dough I lend
Is just as gone as that I spend?
But when I borrow what I lack
I’m haunted til I pay it back.
I’ll be frank, or even franker:
I would make a lousy banker.
by Ray Romine Saturday, September 2, 1950
Llnes On A Spring Morning
The thrush from the thicket,
The leaves on the trees
All in their fashion
Greet mornings like these.
Some days are average;
Others are gray–
But the thirty-one happiest
We label “May”.
by Ray Romine Thursday, December 11, 1952
Liver And Onions
What combines better than sweethearts with May-day?
Unless it’ s a thirst with a beautiful pay-day.
by Ray Romine Tuesday, October 1, 1946
Little Willie Dep’t
Little Willie, clever keed, I’ll
Feed his sister thread and needle.
His object, which his folks think rich, is
Just to see his sis in stitches.
by Ray Romine Tuesday, September 12, 1950
Little Verse For Mrs. K
We’re sorry, indeed, you’re indisposed:
We hope you’ll like what we’ve enclosed.
This little basket’s filled with cheer
Designed to help one we hold dear;
So please accept our gift of “rays”
Of sunshine for the get-well-days.
by Ray Romine Thursday, July 29, 1943