I have a mind of my own, I do–
And if I were single I’d use it, too.
by Ray Romine Tuesday, January 2, 1951
Category: Poems
Ray Romine Poems
Terrible Transition
Summer fading into fall
Hardly bothers me at all,
But I buck like a Texas pinto
At what the fall turns itself into!
by Ray Romine Friday, August 10, 1951
Terra-Fir-Me
Sing your song of ocean;
Sing your song of seas;
But I, raised in Ohio,
Find that LAND sounds best to me.
by Ray Romine Tuesday, August 2, 1949
Tenacity?
Full many a race he has won
Who, ignored when the winner was picked,
Relied on his pluck instead of on luck,
And was too dumb to know he was licked!
by Ray Romine Tuesday, July 24, 1945
Tell-tale
There was a very little
Of anything to say,
For I was quite aware that I
Had given me away.
And still I talked and prattled on,
A wordy, rushing fount;
And though I weighed my words each one,
It is the eyes that count.
by Ray Romine Monday, August 12, 1946
Telephone Line
The poles that run along the road
With wires stretched strand by strand
Carry voices for their load
Far across the land.
And now that I’ve learned this, I know
That I can ‘phone with ease,
For they are my size words that go
In such small wires as these!
by Ray Romine Wednesday, January 6, 1954
Telephone Complaint
The numbers that I can recall
Are those I never ring at all.
by Ray Romine Sunday, March 11, 1951
Taxes
When these are brought up,
I’ve the doggonedest urge
To see so-called “hidden” ones
REALLY submerge!
by Ray Romine Wednesday, June 16, 1954
Taste Waste
As baby decorates the rug
With milk or goo or giblet,
Or lets egg cool that it may drool
All down his precious biblet,
One wonders how we ever know
His appetite is sated;
To help decide if food’s inside
A gauge seems indicated!
by Ray Romine Thursday, October 3, 1946
Tangle
Folks who let their hair down,
If only for a minute,
Usually wind up
Finding people in it.
by Ray Romine Friday, October 25, 1946