Roscoe Poems - Poems about Roscoe

He stands 11inches tall, his eyes are black as coal! He wears an enigmatic smile, and he has no heart or soul! His given name is "Sawyer", but, I decided, that don't fit! So, I'm gonna call him "Roscoe", don't know why, I must admit! He has his limitations, of that I'm well aware! He's not a human being, he's just a little Teddy Bear! He gives...

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Roscoe Gets a Shock By Elton Camp Roscoe is zealous for his rights To assure ’em he willingly fights That his conscience be respected Is absolutely a right to be protected To his legislator he did say “I won’t do business with a gay” “Now pass a law to that effect If my vote again you ever expect” In his state, Roscoe gladly saw Discrimination...

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Roscoe And His Ex By Elton Camp Years later, it still did vex The wrongs done by his ex After she’d taken all his dough With another, away she did go His car she drove away, too That they wed, Roscoe did rue It nearly drove him wild When she had a little child Another wife he couldn’t get He was still paying off her debt Since...

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Roscoe Feeds the Birds By Elton Camp Roscoe enjoys spreading bird seed To give pigeons the food they need To his favorite bench they fly When they see him passing by He tosses the seed upon the ground While a flock gathers all around One day, the birds seemed strange In appearance there’d been a change For no pigeons clamored near Vultures! Old Roscoe did fear About...

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Roscoe Had Too Much to Drink By Elton Camp Roscoe drank so much that he felt unsteady To drive home in his car, he just wasn't ready "If I should get caught by the town police again, The case, with the judge, I'll never hope to win." So he left his car parked out back of the saloon Roscoe was headed home...

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Roscoe Learns Not to Cheat His Uncle By Elton Camp It’s been years since Roscoe income tax has paid As a man who is self-employed, he had it made From many of his clients, it was cash he demanded He felt not reporting it smart, even if underhanded “The government just wastes most that they get. They are not going to miss...

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Mr. Roscoe Schlink was drafted into the army in Bean Blossom, Indiana, And was sent for basic training at Fort Fumble in the state of Louisiana. He was given innumerable shots, yelled at a lot and shorn of all his hair, Taught to salute, do an about face and issued baggy fatigues to wear! He aspired to be a...

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Dear Folks: I pen this note as we ply the dark and stormy sea. Thanks to Uncle Sam I'm cruising on the Queen Mary, all for free. You'd think we'd travel in style on such a luxurious tub, But I'll tell you about life aboard and what we eat for grub. As usual, the officers and nurses live...

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Dear Folks: Here I am at beautiful Fort Fumble, Louisiana. I sure wish I was back on the farm in Bean Blossom, Indiana. Already I've learned the army pastime of "hurry up and wait!" And that sergeants ain't very nice - they just love to berate. Sergeants met us at the train depot and herded us on a truck. They...

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Dear Folks: Just a few lines from your homesick army draftee. Just twenty-four hours in the army and if it was left up to me, I'd just as soon go home and forget the whole blamed thing. I feel I've been sentenced to life in the barren walls of Sing Sing. My first train ride was exciting for...

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The Army was getting desperate in nineteen-forty-three, For warm bodies to fill vacancies in the good old infantry. Alas, the draft board beckoned causing his heart to sink. Thus, began the notorious career of Private Roscoe D. Schlink! He was a naive country boy from Bean Blossom, Indiana. They sent him for training to Fort Fumble in Louisiana. Only five-feet-four, he...

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This is the end and though I didn't shed any tears I still feel like something was torn from my heart and my soul. This one thing has kept my midnights filled when I was feeling so alone and helpless. I felt like I didn't have any one in the world, Lonley high school was...

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