Just the Impression I Get!

Vol. 1 Chap. 452

Just the Impression I Get!

Before You Even Start High School

They Make You Choose the Classes You’ll

Be Stuck in For the Next Half Year!
I Might Have Goofed a Bit, I Fear!

Picking From a Daunting Array

Of Classes I’d Take Every Day,

Thought I’d Toss in One Sure Fire Ace!

Well, That Plan Blew Up In My Face!

I Thrive In A.P. STEM Classes!

I Don’t Seek Scholastic Passes!

Did Think I’d Gone Easy on Me

By Opting For Art History!

I’m Acing Each Advanced STEM Course!

But Show Me an Etruscan Horse

And Sweat Beads Bright on My Forehead!

Who Cares?   Etruscans are Long Dead!

And Why Study Cave Wall Stick Pics?

Bella Drew Better 'fore Age Six!

I’ve Got Friends!   I Just Don’t See’um!

I’m Stuck In This Art Museum!

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

Love~Grampa

Raise the Bar!

Vol. 1  Chap. 451

Raise the Bar!

“Just Showing Up”, I’ve Heard It Said,

“Can Get You Half Way to Ahead!”

But Should That Standard Satisfy?

I Hear No Words Like ‘Sweat’ or ‘Try’!

We Should Do More Than Take Up Space!
What Happened to Running the Race?

Who Is It Set the Bar So Low?

It Wasn’t I!   That Much I Know!

I Know How Hard Our Mother Tries!

It’s Obvious She Can’t Disguise!

She’s Proud Her Heart’s Worn on Her Sleeve!

She’s Proud That Her Daughters Believe

It’s What Happens Once She’s Shown Up

That Assures No Patient Mix~Up!

Attention to Minute Detail

Increase the Odds Each Will Prevail!

“I’m Just a Kid,” I’m Often Told!

I Hope Long After This Kid’s Old,
I Look Back and See, I’ve Been Blessed!
Cuz Like Mom, I Too Tried My Best!

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

Love~Grampa                      (Oct. 20, 2018)

The Hidden Truth!

Vol. 1  Chap. 450

        The Hidden Truth!

        Aesop Sure Could Spin a Fable

        To Each Fable He Was Able

        To Attach His Tale’s Grand Moral

        A Universal Truth For All!

        Grampa Spins Tales We See Each Week!

        Not Aesop Worthy, So To Speak!

        But His Too Have a Hidden Truth!
        At Least One Truth Per Verse, For Sooth!

        The Moral in Each Aesop Tale

        Fit His Fables In Each Detail!

        The Truth in Grampa’s Poems Might

        Be What’s There Hidden in Plain Sight!

        Aesop’s Tortoise Wins the Race

        Because He Set a Steady Pace!

        Aesop’s Bone~Carrying Dog Sees

        His Reflection!   He Barks!   Now He’s

        Lost His Bone to the Lake Below!

        Don’t Be Jealous the Morals Go!

        Those Truths in Grampa’s Verse … Recall?
        “Your Grampa Sure Does Love Y’All!”

Your Grampa Sure Does Love Y’All!

Love~Grampa                              (Oct. 13, 2018)

Happy Birthday Aunt Lisa ~ 2018

Vol. 1  Chap. 449

Happy Birthday Aunt Lisa! ~ 2018

Aunt Lisa’s Sumpty Eight Years Old!

I’d Tell You Straight, But I’ve Been Told

Most Ladies of a Certain Age

Don’t Love Turning Calendar’s Page!

Aunt Lisa’s Career on the Sea

Showcased How Brave My Aunt Could Be!

And How Resourceful!   How Clever!

When Things Got Tough, She Quit?   Never!!!

In the Crucible That’s Coast Guard,

She Faced About a Million Hard,

Scary, Impossible Vexes!

You Want Scary?   Out In Texas,

Aunt Lisa No Longer Saves Souls

Thrown Overboard!   No, Now She Doles

Out Knowledge in Her Science Class!

Pursues Her Master’s in High Math!

In STEM Classes Most Kids Admit,

There’s Days When They’d Just Love to Quit!

But My Aunt Throws Out a Life Line!

And Suddenly Light Dawns!   All’s Fine!

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

Love~Grampa                    (Oct. 6, 2018)