Author name: Philip Barton

An alligator glumly ate a

Recently departed.

Then quite content,

Without lament,

He whistled as he farted.

 

© Copyright Philip Barton 8 July 2008. All rights reserved

Buying clothes for your wife is unwise.

It’s not a duty a man should discharge.

But when those days come,

And you’re forced to succumb,

Never buy Extra Large.

No matter what your eyes see.

Though it means a trip back to the Mall.

Pretend she’s petite,

But do keep the receipt,

And always buy Extra Small.

 

© Copyright Philip Barton, August 7th, 2025, All rights reserved

In this planet’s master plan,

Some virgin space god put.

And in that land, the hand of man,

Must never set a foot.

 

 

© Copyright Philip Barton 16 May 2018. All rights reserved

They were tender soles,

But opposite poles,

Close, but both seemed lost.

Two birds of a feather,

On a road together,

But their paths just never quite crossed.

© Copyright Philip Barton December 18, 2005 – All rights reserved

Tomorrow comes at break of day

It’s yesterday moved on.

The present’s future in the past

The past’s tomorrow gone.

© Copyright Philip Barton October 22, 2003 – All rights reserved

My ukulele writes the songs

And sing-alongs

That rights the wrongs

And makes me think my uke belongs

Before the Queen with gilded gongs.

 

© Copyright Philip Barton January 24, 2003 – All rights reserved

The walls and doors watch closely,

As the chair legs stretch and walk.

There’s quite a bit of motion,

And the fridge is prone to talk.

But it’s silly and repetitive,

And causes lights to dim.

Whatever does the orange think

Is happening to him?

Sitting in a dusty bowl,

A mixed up, mouldy bunch.

Of mandarins and apples

And bananas with a hunch.

And still the fridge is droning on

As I sit sensibly.

Chatting to the table

As I drink a cup of tea.

© Copyright Philip Barton April 4, 2005 – All rights reserved

 

I sniff and smell foul play,

And as my mother’s saying goes.

When you’re not sure what to say,

Always listen to your nose.

 

© Copyright Philip Barton January 11, 2004 – All rights reserved

Now he’s grey, he understands

The saying: long of tooth,

The distance from his gums to hands,

Is stretched more than the truth.

His ears are growing longer

And his mind has suspect thinking,

He’s the opposite of stronger

And I think his nose is shrinking.

 

© Copyright Philip Barton November 6, 2007 – All rights reserved