New addition to my blog

I'm writing poetry. I know. Shut up. I'm good at it. I've always been good at haikus, especially abusive, insulting ones, and limericks. But I've found an outlet now for my emotions and thoughts. You can also find my stuff on allpoetry.com and search for "aqualad". That's me. Here is my latest:

Together

We huddle, within our arms’ surrounding grasp,
In the spray of a raging bay. The shore is there,
Just there, and yet against the wind we gasp.
In our boat, just scarcely afloat.

You wail, above the wind’s unearthly roar,
“Row the boat, and keep us afloat! How can you sit
And wait? I cannot stand this anymore!
The sea awaits to seal our fate.”

I shriek, “I wonder why you place our doom
Alone on me against the sea, while you do naught
But whine? Why don’t you bail, instead of fume?”
And with that thought, a plan’s begot.

We stare, and suddenly a thought is swept
Into our heads as wind torn shreds. Our hearts decide:
"We’ll draw, until the shore we intercept.
With swallowed pride, our love abide.”

You whisper, “You are stronger than the gale.
Draw us to home, against the foam. Then tell me where
You’d have me toil, joining you, to prevail?
I give my vow, to aid you now.”

“My friend, you are faster than the ocean.
Draw out the sea, and set us free. Your unfeigned
Courage stirs my inner man to motion.
I take your vow, and set my brow.”

Now, as one, we confront the task ahead.
With furrowed brow, I point the prow to harborward.
You give back the sea from whence it fled.
Oh, blessed Lord! Please us reward!

We sail in life aboard our leaky boat.
Each has his chore, to row or pour and, united
With the Lord, we will keep our lives afloat.
Until, delighted, heaven’s sighted.

And now for a funny story which happened at Cindy's work today.

There are two schools side by side. The primary school, grades k-2, and the intermediate, grades 3-5, at which Cindy works. Every morning the principal, Dr. Price reads the announcements, leads the pledge, and then a moment of silence, first for one school and then the other. Last, she asks "The Principal's Question", a trivia question which, if the kids answer correctly, they win a small prize, such as a school pencil, etc. The primary school question is, of course, easier than the intermediate school question.

Dr. Price got the reading material switched around this morning. So she ended up asking the harder question to the primary kids and the easier question to the older kids. (You KNOW where this is going...)

When Intermediate kids started coming up to the office and handing Cindy the answer "Woodpecker", she was taken aback. A whold bunch of them came up, same answer. This, of course was the wrong answer for the question Cindy had.
The correct question was "What was Elvis Presley's middle name?"

Elvis Woodpecker Presley.

Some say that is actually more accurate than Aaron.