Lesson Learned

BENGY LEARNS A LESSON
Each time Bengy went to town
He stole something small
He thought he was quite clever
But that isn’t all . . .
He’d say, “It doesn’t matter
Because everyone knows
The store won’t even miss it
Since they have lots of those”
But Bengy learned a lesson
And I’m sure he learned it well
For someone finally stole from him
And [...]

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Happy Birthday, Bev!

BEVERLY
She gives of herself, seeking no reward
Sometimes giving what she can’t afford
Unselfish and thoughtful, loving and kind
A more generous person you will not find
She’s more than lavish with gifts and deeds
Going wherever she finds there is need
Caring for ill, making happy the well
The number of deeds, too numerous to tell
Thinking of others is her natural [...]

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Air surfers!

HAIKU
Flawless white gliders
       roller-coasting thermal streams
              high soaring sea gulls
3/16/90 Phyllis VanVleck

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Don McNeall and the Breakfast Club-Part 2

This is the other poem that I wrote. After the show, cast members came down from the stage to shake hands with everyone. I can still remember them all.. And Enio almost took Sally home with him, because she read this poem, that I had written. He was so flattered.
We were lucky, and had front [...]

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Don McNeil and Kukla, Fran and Ollie

This is a photo of Fran and her puppets from KuKla, Fran and Ollie.
My sisters and I went to the Don McNeil Breakfast club show, in 1949. That’s the show KuKla, Fran, and Ollie got their start on. We met several of the cast members by being called upon, because of this poem and the [...]

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A few days of my poetic beginnings- 1949!

Everyone grows with practice, so for the next few days I will share with you the earliest poems, that I still have copies of. Please bear with me and excuse me. I am hoping to encourage those who think they can’t do it. It takes practice, my friends.
I never was a poet
I [...]

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