If a Freight Train Carries Freight... -- a poem about words/a question poem

IF A FREIGHT TRAIN CARRIES FREIGHT…
By
Gregory K.

If a freight train carries freight,
Why can’t a school bus carry schools?
Does a seat belt carry seats just like a tool belt carries tools?

If garbage bags hold garbage,
Why don’t handbags all hold hands?
If newsstands sell the news to you, do bandstands sell you bands?

If house pets live right in your house,
Do carpets live in cars?
If Earthlings are us folks on Earth, do starlings live on stars?

It really isn’t clear to me
How words are formed and used.
I’m sure I’ll learn it all some day… but now I’m just confused.


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-Er Questions -- a question poem

-ER QUESTIONS
by
Gregory K.


If I love to eat then you’d call me an eater.
If I play and cheat then you’d call me a cheater.
So if I make broth would you call me a brother?
And if I like moths would you call me a mother?


(I'm posting an original poem-a-day through April in celebration of National Poetry Month. Links to this and other poems here on GottaBook (and there are lots of others, because poetry is NOT just for April) are collected over on the right of the blog under the headline "The Poems".)

Day/Night Questions -- a question poem

DAY/NIGHT QUESTIONS
by
Gregory K.

If day breaks
Can you go pick up pieces from the ground?
If night falls
And no one’s up does it still make a sound?



(I'm posting an original poem-a-day through April in celebration of National Poetry Month. Links to this and other poems here on GottaBook (and there are lots of others, because poetry is NOT just for April) are collected over on the right of the blog under the headline "The Poems".)

Poem of the Day: Nighttime Questions

NIGHTTIME QUESTIONS
by
Gregory K.

Why are there outs in innings?
Do all ends have beginnings?
This is what I think about when I can’t sleep at night.

Can you lose all your winnings?
Can there be overpinnings?
Sometimes I think that I don’t have the questions asked quite right.

Where is the fun in fungus?
Is it “bring” or “brought” or “brung us”?
I may not answer all these things, but then again I might.

Can you be alone among us?
Can shrimp be called humongous?
I lie in bed and ruminate until the morning light.