Writers Corner

THE STRANGEST CREW

The strangest crew I ever knew

was working in the timber.

I'll try to get all of this down

if I can just remember.

The jammer-puncher was a gal

the hooker was her man,

the whistle-punk, a radio,

now top that if you can.

A horn would blow and off she'd go,

that jammer just a'rearin,

she'd deck the log, then hauled-back down,

those tongs went back a'tearin.

They work real well together,

they are really quite a team,

If you could go and watch them work,

you would know just what I mean.

- Mary Winkler, Pinehurst

TRIO OF LIMERICKS

Why have limericks disappeared?

It seems to be as I always feared

The talent ran out

leaving no doubt

That the writers were really quite weird

A fancy young dude rolled into town

He thought he'd see what's going down

He spied some young chicks

Thought he'd get his kicks

But the gals they thought him a clown

Sylvester Manchester DeGroot

Was a wise and foxy old coot

He spent lots of money

On his latest honey

But she upped and gave him the boot

- Philip Membury, Coeur d'Alene

A CHANGE OF PLANS

A woman likes to change her mind,

she does not think it is unkind.

No matter how a thing is planned,

a woman's choice is loose like sand.

A man prefers to stay on course,

to see it through without remorse,

to set a goal and make it so,

is just the only way to go.

Now women tend to raise their brow,

when men attempt to show them how,

and men just seem to shake their head,

when women make new plans instead.

I wonder if the day will come,

when they perhaps will form a sum.

Their efforts seem to just oppose,

as they stand firm while nose to nose.

When couples last its give and take,

for love itself is held at stake,

a compromise is hard on pride,

but often makes a happy bride.

- Jeff Simonson, Kellogg

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