By Kevin Ahern
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What’s known as a mid-life crisis
Is an unusual situation
Where an adult person’s inner child
Applies for emancipation
— Friday, Jan. 2, 2026
By Kevin Ahern
CONVERSION
I went to a London McDonalds
Expecting to get some flack
I needed to convert dollars to pounds
So they handed me a Big Mac
— Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026
By Kevin Ahern
DOWNSIZING
“I’m getting into microscopy,”
He told me with a frown
I said for that he’d need to
Shrink himself down
— Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026
By Kevin Ahern
ROUGH LANDING
All too often without a doubt
I write a second line that’s pure bliss,
But futz around and then straight-out
Finish up with a stupid line like this
— Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026
By Kevin Ahern
CHANGES
Puberty’s a time of life
Both wonderful and mysterious
And for every single one of us
It’s a hair raising experience
— Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026
By Kevin Ahern
MAYBE
I hesitate on everything
From lunch to wrong or right
My uncertainty can surely move
Faster than the speed of might
— Friday, Jan. 9, 2026
By Kevin Ahern
TINY TIM
I’m infinitely less than infinity
Which makes me incredibly small
In fact, I’ve begun to wonder
If I’m even here at all
— Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026
By Kevin Ahern
IMAGE CONSCIOUS
For digital photography
The advantages are plenty
But for the film-based format
The negatives are many
— Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026
By Kevin Ahern
READING LESSON
The truth travels slowly
And there’s a good reason why
It bothers to read the fine print
Everyone else passes by
— Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026
By Kevin Ahern
ART ATTACK
Today Jed went to a museum
But is never going back
Mainly because when there
He had an art attack
— Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026
By Kevin Ahern
BIG NUMBER
I know I’m getting old
Because I’ve reached the stage
Where every sentence starts or ends,
“At my age”
— Friday, Jan. 16, 2026
By Kevin Ahern
LOVE THINE ENEMY
Major social problems
Time and time again
Come from viewing world as
“Us versus them”
— Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026
By Kevin Ahern
TO CADGE A THIEF
The burglar’s cell phone rang
But something seemed amiss
When he paused and said quite calmly,
“I’ve got to take this”
— Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026
By Kevin Ahern
LOST
His brain is in neutral
A wind that doesn’t blow
A stationary bicycle
In a world on the go
— Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026
By Kevin Ahern
HAND SOME
You’ve gotta hand it to him
Again and again
What else to do
With an armless man?
— Friday, Jan. 23, 2026
By Kevin Ahern
DOUBLE OVER
The bigamist
Has problems plenty
That’s what he gets
For taking one too many
— Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026
By Kevin Ahern
FEE FIE FOE
Poor Jack on the beanstalk
Needs a place to hide
Because the mighty giant
He de-fied
— Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026
By Kevin Ahern
LOVE STORY
Love is a feeling poets try
To capture in a verse
But they get all gooey
And make it worse
— Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026
By Kevin Ahern
WORN OUT
Society’s stuck in outrage fatigue
And that’s a troubling worry
With everyone exhausted by
Everyone else’s fury
— Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026
By Kevin Ahern
GOING UP
I’m happy to announce
A new book with pride
It’s called
“Climbing Stairs: A Step by Step Guide”
— Friday, Jan. 30, 2026
By Kevin Ahern
HOW YOU SPIN IT
The merry go round
Leaves children a-swirled
In the process creating
Joy to the whirled