I'D BE LOST

There may be domestic strife,
And differences may be rife
With your chosen someone.
Yet, when all is said and done,
I'd be lost without my wife.

NEW YEARS DAY RUN

Five miles, then hot cider and cookies
To see how the new year was looking.
There were some runners strong,
But behind I just tagged along.
You wouldn't call it booking.

VIGNETTE

This is today's vignette.
It's nothing you should sweat.
Your life it won't impede.
It's just something you can read
And then forget.

NEWSPAPERS

Newspapers I peruse
For stuff that I can use --
Articles of poetic interest.
I also have some interest
In soaking up the news.

My wife has rightly said
My papers are not well read.
I wish I were more plucky.
I scan them when I'm lucky
Ere I go to bed.

TO BE A BLOGGER

While I'm still a jogger,
I'll become a blogger.
And I'm sure there'll come a day
When I'll be obliged to say
"I'm a blogger, not a jogger."

POMEGRANATE JUICE

If you want to endure like granite,
Don't take your health for granted.
Don't let your health vamoose.
Drink deoxidizing juice --
The juice of pomagranates.

MARRIAGE GAME

Was there a matchmaker in your marriage game?
Or do you have just yourselves to blame?
Are you Germans or are you Turks?
Your challenge to make sure it works
Is, in any case, the same.