WEE TOMATO BAG

From my book "Jack Elam, I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life", about my love of westerns........

WEE TOMATO BAG

“There’s a little cowboy in all of us, a little frontier.” Louis L’Amour

My mother,

Forever wise in the ways of the world,

Knowledgeable, sensible,

Always to be trusted,

Would tell this young son

That when a cowboy was wounded,

It wasn’t real blood,

It was just that his “wee tomato bag”

Got busted.

JELLY JUGGLING JOE

From my forthcoming book "Juggling Jelly - Poems For Kids Of All Ages"..........

Jelly Juggling Joe

Put on a jelly juggling show

To show his many skills

At jelly juggling.

But not long through his act,

It was a plain and simple fact,

That he was rubbish

And soon was badly struggling.

The audience was aghast

Started a booing, jeering blast,

As this jelly juggling fool

Just turned them cold.

He left the stage a-hobbling,

Showbiz career a-wobbling.

So bad a turn,

He really broke the mould.