The Neverending Song:

Jerry S. wrote:
He thought he saw a butterfly
   that flew among the spires.
He looked again, and found it was
   a tangle of television wires.
"If I had a bucket", he said,
   "There'd be no need for fires."

kjb wrote:
He thought he saw a caterpillar
   sitting on a lonely branch.
He looked again, and found it was
   a butterfly of green and blue and red.
"I should have known", he said,
   "may this life be the best one yet."

kix2 wrote:
He thought he saw clear blue sky
   filled with dark black clouds.
He looked again, and found it was
   a piece of cherry pie.
"If I only had a spoon", he said,
   "I would feed it to a fly."

Stephanie R. wrote:
He thought he saw a bouncing ball
   hopping down the stair.
He looked again, and found it was
   his son in women's underwear.
"I wish the darn hairdresser", he said,
   "would stop pulling on my hair!"

Yuval wrote:
He thought he saw a cookie jar
   that spilled into his lap.
He looked again, and found it was
   an ancient tiger trap.
"If I were trapped inside", he said,
   "I'd need a better map!"

Steve wrote:
He thought he saw a Sunset Fire
   that cut the midnight sky.
He looked again, and found it was
   an Acorn in his eye.
"A dreadful bit of luck", he said,
   "I'll get a nasty stye."

Jess wrote:
He thought he saw a grinning cat
   sitting in a tree
He looked again, and found it was
   a man named Tweedle-Dee.
"If I looked again", he said,
   "A red queen there might be!"

Jo- *XCTuffGirl wrote:
He thought he saw a raindrop
   that was falling from the sky.
He looked again, and found it was
   a very enormous guy.
"To keep this man from eating me", he said,
   "I'll fetch him a blueberry pie."

Projoy wrote:
He thought he saw an albatross,
   a-weighing at his neck.
He looked again, and found it was
   a pickled pepper peck.
"If I were not so starv'd", he said,
   "I'd throw it on the deck."

Jacob K. (Dove_don@yahoo.com) wrote:
He thought he saw an octopus
   with one too many arms.
He looked again, and found it was
   a friend of many charms.
"I would invite you home", he said,
   "but you would cause me harm."

Mainecoon Poet the First wrote:
He thought he saw a Hatter's shop
   that grew out of the sea.
He looked again, and found it was
   a puddle made of tea!
"It frightens me, this thing", he said,
   "and now I think I'll flee!"

kefkatower@aol.com wrote:
He thought he saw a Pteradon
   upon his Uncle's knees.
He looked again, and found it was
   a Llama nibbling cheese.
"I would invite you home", he said,
   "But your hat's filled with fleas."

Jerry wrote on January 19th, 2000 at 11:05 am:
He thought he saw a spiderweb
   that floated in the air.
He looked again, and found it was
   a tangle in his hair.
"If I could use a comb", he said,
   "for what could I prepare!"

Goombah wrote on September 9th, 2000 at 4:06 am:
He thought he saw a billy goat
   across the great divide.
He looked again, and found it was
   a laminated slide.
"A kid on that could die", he said,
   "I'll take it for a ride."

AMJ wrote on January 30th, 2001 at 12:08 pm:
He thought he saw a monkey
   eating a banana
He looked again, and found it was
   an elephant
"Wow", he said,
   "maybe he'll give me a ride"

zack wrote on June 7th, 2001 at 11:25 pm:
He thought he saw a printledon
   demangered in the lob
He looked again, and found it was
   just Laura, Rose and Rob
"Decaphth Muldoon", he said,
   "om poot dee slipter doope dob!"

Jay Are N. Dan'l Carroll Fan C wrote on September 23rd, 2001 at 2:00 pm:
He thought he saw Inn-Spectre's Ghost
   that climbed to highest heights
He looked again, and found it was
   An-Alice-Sis of frights
"If Snarks could scratch and biteff", he said,
   "I'd dream of more delights."

AWF wrote on December 1st, 2001 at 7:16 pm:
He thought he saw a bit of sense
   within the Congress Hall
He looked again, and found it was
   the tax code, written small
"A hope so vain", he grimly  said,
   "diminishes us all!"

Jenny wrote on December 29th, 2001 at 4:02 am:
He thought he saw utopia
   a-gleaming on a cloud
He looked again, and found it was
   a very noisy crowd
"if I can calm them down", he said,
   "I'll feel extremely proud"

Chris O wrote on December 30th, 2001 at 11:49 pm:
He thought he saw old Banquo's ghost
   A pacing round the room
He looked again, and found it was
   An Economic Boom
"Hurray, my wait is o'er", he said,
   "Now I can buy a broom!"

Chris O wrote on December 31st, 2001 at 12:03 am:
He thought he saw a sign that read,
   "No parking, 4-6 PM"
He looked again, and found it was
   A Donizetti Requiem
"It makes no diff'rence, dear", he said,
   "I shall just go and empty them"

Chris O wrote on December 31st, 2001 at 12:06 am:
He thought he saw the history of the Eastern nat
   And adjoining the southern islands of Australia and New Zeal
He looked again, and found it was
   A gothic tale rich in romance, mystery, and intrigue
"Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, nobody knows m", he said,
   "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their"

David C. wrote on January 15th, 2002 at 1:30 pm:
He thought he saw an arquebus
   that sang a bawdy song
He looked again, and found it was
   an ancient Chinese gong
"If it were up to me", he said,
   "I'd think of some good rhyme"

Marc+Matt+Barney+Martin+Mark wrote on January 25th, 2002 at 8:16 am:
He thought he saw a baboon
   eating a banana with a spoon
He looked again, and found it was
   a great big tractor on the loo
"i like 1971", it said,
   "because of the agar jelly"

Marc+Matt+Barney+Martin+Mark wrote on January 25th, 2002 at 8:17 am:
He thought he saw no!
   Actually no!
He looked again, and found it was
   infact . . no!
"NOOOOOOH!", it said,
   "Have a Noooooble No time in no land"

hsteners@chello.no wrote on March 21st, 2002 at 10:06 am:
He thought he saw a heart on fire
   that cried for water
He looked again, and found it was
   a red satin lamp
"this is not a heart", he said,
   "and cried loader and loader"

NickM wrote on March 27th, 2002 at 2:21 am:
He thought he saw a formula
   for turning lead to gold
He looked again, and found it was
   a Playboy centerfold
"If only this were real", he said,
   "I never would grow old"

Brando Peter wrote on May 13th, 2002 at 2:35 am:
He thought he saw reality
   and fed it blood each day
He looked again, and found it was
   an illusion in the way
"Let's drop this fetid lie", he said,
   "we all should live and play!"

Mykro (mykro@NOseladorSPAM.com wrote on May 15th, 2002 at 1:29 am:
He thought he saw a kangaroo
   a-bounding on the plain
He looked again, and found it was
   the Indian-Pacific train
"This outback home-brew, mate", he said,
   "It drives a bloke insane!"

Mykro (mykro@NOseladorSPAM.com wrote on May 15th, 2002 at 1:47 am:
He thought he saw a game console
   With six thousand Megahertz!
He looked again, and found it was
   just Microsoft adverts.
"Belay all hope again", he said,
   "The truth, it really hurts!"

Joel- joelsonseca@zipmail.com. wrote on August 24th, 2002 at 4:57 pm:
He thought he saw a beautiful jungle
   filled with rivers and tales untold
He looked again, and found it was
   a country of the third world.
"as a citizen of the empire", he said,
   "I shall buy this land for gold"

viv {llveve at yahoo.com} wrote on September 27th, 2002 at 1:17 am:
He thought he saw between the moat,
   An ancient dieing grange
He looked again, and found it was
   just A minor note
"Or maybe in this life", he sighed,
   "It's not about the change"

ME! wrote on October 11th, 2002 at 7:38 am:
He thought he saw a pig
   that was actually a squid
He looked again, and found it was
   a lizard
"A Lizard?", he said,
   "Whats That There For"

L1f3t4k3r wrote on November 6th, 2002 at 10:47 am:
He thought he saw an interactive poem
   with perfect, verse, metric and time
He looked again, and found it was
   some people who could barely rhyme
"since they are all so awful", he said,
   "it won't hurt if I try."

Cimarron wrote on March 26th, 2003 at 1:22 pm:
He thought he saw a superhero
   that falls over a mountain
He looked again, and found it was
   his sister climbing a tree
"I'm here to look", she said,
   "to look where he fall"

Marcia wrote on June 23rd, 2003 at 11:03 pm:
He thought he saw a little white rabbit
   who was looking at the time
He looked again, and found it was
   a moldy slice of lime
"Twas obvious", he said, at last
   "it was a silent as a mime."

jellifun wrote on September 1st, 2003 at 11:20 am:
He thought he saw a small brown bear
   dressed in a bunny suit
He looked again, and found it was
   his aunt logged in as root
"if she did learn vi", he said,
   "she must be a daft coot"

pope gregory the ninth wrote on September 1st, 2003 at 10:53 pm:
He thought he saw the rising sun,
   bringing in tomorrow
He looked again, and found it was
   a dream he couldn't follow
"it was only love", he said,
   "or some other kind of sorrow"

bruno wrote on October 1st, 2003 at 2:32 pm:
He thought he saw a bandersnatch
   a sittin' on a rake
He looked again, and found it was
   poor Alice eating cake
"The tea is welly weak", he said,
   "So brandish me a rake!"

bruno wrote on October 1st, 2003 at 2:37 pm:
He thought he saw a boojum
   dancing with a bear
He looked again, and found it was
   a rhino on a chair
"Leave my den at once!", he said,
   "The neighbors will all stare!"

studio@n-heptane.com wrote on October 6th, 2003 at 12:13 am:
He thought he saw a pocketwatch
   that ran on borrowed time
He looked again, and found it was
   a sombre painted mime
"What a perfect day", he said,
   "for morning bells to chime!"

eva wrote on October 18th, 2003 at 1:50 pm:
He thought he saw a caterpillar
   reclining on a branch
He looked again, and found it was
   a pixie in a trance
"for one my size", he said,
   "I'll give her another glance"

bakker@itc.nl wrote on December 5th, 2003 at 4:33 am:
He thought he saw a Red-throat Diver
   Floating to the Moon:
He looked again, and found it was
   A Silly Silver Sliver.
"Were I to question this", he said,
   "I'd go crazy as a Loon."

bakker@itc.nl wrote on December 5th, 2003 at 5:36 am:
He thought he saw a Document
   Waiting to be stored:
He looked again, and found it was
   An Old Motherboard.
"Should this thing run again", he said,
   "Mars could be explored."

Svato El Gato wrote on December 10th, 2003 at 8:47 pm:
He thought he saw a whatcha call it
   looming in the fog.
He looked again, and found it was
   that bagwort, Bob the Dog.
"It's just like that, Odd Og", he said,
   "half turle and half frog."

ytak wrote on February 29th, 2004 at 5:14 pm:
He thought he saw a bald bear
   doing yoga
He looked again, and found it was
   a bald man
"working onthe roof", he said,
   "oops, i must be mistaken"

Loren Hardy wrote on April 5th, 2004 at 2:11 pm:
He thought he saw a mermaid
   sitting on a rock
He looked again, and found it was
   a very old frock
"oh my !", he said,
   "how very strange it is so vr'y y'c"

sherikhalil@hotmail.com wrote on May 26th, 2004 at 2:15 am:
He thought he saw a child's dream
   of fantasy and madness
He looked again, and found it was
   a refuge from the sadness
"Please don't wake me up", he said,
   "My heart is filled with gladness"

Bloody Dahn wrote on June 2nd, 2004 at 2:03 pm:
He thought he saw his grandmama
   sitting in the field waiting summah
He looked again, and found it was
   the old friend ex-drug dilah
"What teh fuck", he said,
   "stop fuckin around you fuckah"

BobS wrote on June 18th, 2004 at 3:50 pm:
He thought he saw an ambulance
   that moulded like a cheese
He looked again, and found it was
   a never-ending sneeze
"By Aunt Gloria's beard", he said,
   "that dog's in want of fleas"

no one wrote on July 28th, 2004 at 4:39 pm:
He thought he saw an Antelope
   That left behind its feet
He looked again, and found it was
   A murky cloud of sleet
"If I were living still", he said,
   "I'd send it up the street."

wrote wrote on July 28th, 2004 at 4:43 pm:
He thought he saw a Marmoset
   That sat upon a Toad
He looked again, and found it was
   A slight dip in the road
"If I had me some rice", he said,
   "I'd make sure it was mowed"

Bruce wrote on August 2nd, 2004 at 10:31 pm:
He thought he saw a Roman road
   That ran straight, straight-a-way
He looked again, and found it was
   the twenty-ninth of May
"And all the miles", at journey's end,
   "Will come to me this day"

Bruce wrote on August 5th, 2004 at 12:03 am:
He thought he saw a cricket team
   A'striding to the wicket,
He looked again, and found it was
   A ram caught in the thicket.
"The sacrifice of life", he said,
   "Is nearly worth the ticket!"

Bruce. wrote on August 23rd, 2004 at 11:50 pm:
He thought he saw a water tank
   A-standing in the rain:
He looked again, and found it was
   A coloured map of Spain.
"And all the ink", and all that work,
   "Is washing down the drain"

msully@twcny.rr.com wrote on October 24th, 2004 at 4:05 pm:
He thought he saw a hungry man
   who gave to him some food
He looked again, and found it was
   a bird who acted lude
"farwell", he said,
   "you've eaten my greater half"

msully@twcny.rr.com wrote on October 24th, 2004 at 4:17 pm:
He thought he saw a hungry man
   wh gave to him some food
He looked again, and found it was
   a bird who acted rude
"dont eat me", he said,
   "you've eaten my greater half"

metsys wrote on December 3rd, 2004 at 11:38 pm:
He thought he saw A blood-red stone
   lying on the ground.
He looked again, and found it was
   a new animal, yet to be found.
"I will name this", he said,
   "The Beomitone."

John O wrote on December 31st, 2004 at 5:14 pm:
He thought he saw a coconut
   Among the hedgeroe trees
He looked again, and found it was
   A song in seven keys
"Were I in charge of this", he said,
   "The music would be free!"

John O wrote on December 31st, 2004 at 5:31 pm:
He thought he saw a wise old nun
   Of whom to be leery.
He looked again, and found it was
   Pythagoras' theory.
"If I were to claim this", he said,
   "There would be enquiries."

Estelyn Telcontar wrote on January 14th, 2005 at 5:04 am:
He thought he saw an Oxford don
   who wrote a children's book.
He looked again, and found it was
   the grandson of a Took.
"if Alice had the Ring", he said,
   "Where would the Eye then look?"

Ramsey Forbush wrote on March 12th, 2005 at 11:43 pm:
He thought he saw an auctioneer
   who shook the highest bid
He looked again, and found it was
   a many fingered squid
"jugulars are fine", he said,
   "gymnastics for your id"

Garry v. wrote on September 19th, 2005 at 3:27 pm:
He thought he saw a naked woman
   naked as the day she was born
He looked again, and found it was
   nothing but an old french horn
"If I had my eyes checked", he said,
   "I would see less porn"

Wendel wrote on December 27th, 2005 at 10:00 pm:
He thought he saw Alice
   a sittin' on a tree
He looked again, and found it was
   an oyster around the sea
"If the walrus find me", he said,
   "I will no longer be!"

Amy wrote on February 3rd, 2006 at 3:49 pm:
He thought he saw love in the air
   floating freely for all to see
He looked again, and found it was
   a misty mess without a key
"To unlock the love I feel", he said,
   "Would show the girl for her I'm real"

Violet Scripkus wrote on February 8th, 2006 at 12:01 am:
He thought he saw a great, green lizard
   dangling from a string
He looked again, and found it was
   a blackened orchid sting
"Look at the violet sky", he said,
   "and pull it through my ring"

Kali C wrote on March 16th, 2006 at 12:41 am:
He thought he saw the truth
   showering with glee
He looked again, and found it was
   an empty telling lie
"Surely I should find my head", he said,
   "and come back down to reality."

Ecliptic Hellflower wrote on April 12th, 2006 at 5:33 pm:
He thought he saw a treacle well
   beside the mossy glade.
He looked again, and found it was
   a jar of marmelaide.
"A rabbit hole, it seems", he said,
   "Is where this item laid."

Donnabeth89@hotmail.com wrote on June 17th, 2006 at 12:52 pm:
He thought he saw a picture
   that was hanging on the wall
He looked again, and found it was
   a playpen filled with balls
"If I were a woman", he said,
   "I'd quickly, in there, fall."

Etienne wrote on January 22nd, 2007 at 11:42 am:
He thought he saw A Bird
   Pointing a Gun.
He looked again, and found it was
   The Death Himself.
"You'll sure take some Tea", he said,
   "Before you take my Soul."

mj.hayhow@btinternet.com wrote on June 18th, 2007 at 4:17 pm:
He thought he saw a little bird
   that stood upon a tree
He looked again, and found it was
   his bachelor's degree
"Now I've lost my mind"he said,
   "this cannot be for me!"

jellifun wrote on January 10th, 2008 at 9:38 am:
He thought he saw a friend of his
   with ears of bright green bread
He looked again, and found it was
   an elephant in bed
"its memory is great", he said,
   "for when my PC's dead"

G. M. Oney wrote on February 7th, 2008 at 11:58 pm:
He thought he saw a magazine
   that verified the lies
He looked again, and found it was
   the clouds eating the skies.
"They don't tell the truth", he said,
   "I can see it in their eyes."

G. M. Oney wrote on February 8th, 2008 at 12:04 am:
He thought he saw a question mark
   that knew exactly what to say.
He looked again, and found it was
   exclamation meant to stay.
"Yesterday may say", he said,
   "Tomorrow is Today?"

Ray Gun wrote on May 21st, 2008 at 7:07 pm:
He thought he saw a little girl
   in her hair a golden curl
He looked again, and found it was
   his wife wearing polished pearls
"Noooooooooooo!", He screamed,
   "You are evil Shirls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"