Jolly Roger
The person to whom
You should focus your ire at
Is the lunch box thief
A chicken pot pirate
Transparent See
The invisible man
Has no pleasure
Because he suffers
From appear pressure
Limerick (Untitled)
Biologists will not stand by
And bid all the gophers goodbye
We’re all interlinked
If they go extinct
The hole ecosystem might die
Feeling Around
I flew off to Montana
Many sights I hoped to see
But I must admit, when I touched the ground
I felt MT
The Price Ain’t Right
To the auction they went
With keen intent
But ended with
Bidder disappointment
Using a Pun Name
A bookcase wrote a book one day
It brought her lots of wealth
The title that she gave to it?
“My Mother, My Shelf”
Life Story
So many things I need to do
And it just seems to me
That my to-do list really is
An “ought-to” biography
Holiday Spirit
The holiday season’s here
A time for happy gatherings
With food and fun and family
And all their many blatherings
In recent years, families evolved
New traditions in their homes
For example, assembling together
And sitting and staring at phones
Kevin Ahern is an Oregon State University professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Biophysics. In his retirement, he writes verses.
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