A Home

Oh give me a home,

Where a wife doesn’t roam,

And the bills are all easy to pay.

Where seldom is heard,

A derogatory word,

And it’s peaceful and quiet all day.

 

© Copyright Philip Barton, July 24th, 2025,  All rights reserved

Two-Nosed Pete

His shadow caused a tremor

As he strode the local street.

A tougher man there never was

Than one-eyed, two-nosed Pete.

They shuddered as he stopped,

Then they turned their backs and quivered.

His famous sneeze caused quite a breeze.

Hundreds wiped and shivered.

 

© Copyright Philip Barton, February 6th, 2026,  All rights reserved

Side By Side

My toes are very close

And no matter what the weather,

They’re always side by side.

They just like to be together.

No matter where we are,

They’re usually to be found,

At the bottom of my legs,

On my feet stood on the ground.

They’re opposite my nose,

Like a polar north and south,

Which ensures they never end up

In my ears or in my mouth.

 

©  Copyright Philip Barton, February 11th, 2026, All rights reserved

Language Barrier

My English soars over her head.

Her German meets the brain of a feather.

There were tensions, no really,

So we switched to Swahili.

And now we stare blankly together.

 

© Copyright Philip Barton, August 18th, 2025 All rights reserved

Rest in Peace

Bomber Trump pontificates.

A man of rest in peace.

His boasting knows no bounds.

His theatrics never cease.

The gaping mouths of Neocons

Are filled with both their feet.

Such an altitude of nonsense

Makes it tricky to compete.

 

© Copyright Philip Barton, March 14th, 2026  All rights reserved

Birthday Boy

A tiger ate the ice cream,

And all the jelly too.

Then he ate the birthday boy,

And passed him out as poo.

 

©  Copyright Philip Barton, July 1st, 2021. All rights reserved

Epstein’s Isle

This is a public announcement,

To answer a deluge of bile,

No ditty from

A-Ditty-A-Day

Was ever on Epstein’s isle.

 

Ditty never met Epstein.

Such suggestions are patently flawed.

No case can be made,

Ditty’s morals have strayed.

That’s a photoshopped scurrilous fraud.

 

His nonsense was seriously big.

Our ditty is silly and short.

No flight manifest,

Shows a ditty as guest.

Such a charge would be laughed out of court.

 

Though ditty’s read by _______

And _______ promised discretion.

Our ditty never touched _______,

And _______ didn’t make a confession.

 

Our ditty’s aloof from such foibles.

It’s important our readers know,

That despite sex appeal

And reading Art Of The Deal,

He’s as pure as the driven snow.

 

© Copyright Philip Barton, March 11th, 2026 All rights reserved

Tale of a bazaar man

Flailing arms, claw-like hands

Spittle on his lips

In disbelief his head flew back

Fists upon his hips

By the time he’d bought the rug

There’d gathered quite a gaggle

To watch the master of his art

The heavyweight of haggle.

 

© Copyright Jack Barton 27th January, 2026. All rights reserved.

Natural Graces

Inside out,

And upside down,

He lacked all natural graces.

Back to front,

From toe to heads,

A man of many faces.

 

 

© Copyright Philip Barton, July 2nd, 2025  All rights reserved

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