A dictionary definition

Main Entry: cue   Function: noun

1 a : a signal (as a word, phrase, or bit of stage business) to a performer to begin a specific speech or action

b : something serving a comparable purpose;  HINT

 

A Question Concerning Weeds

There ought to be a better way

to make a lawn respectable

instead of pulling boxes full

of dandelions. There ought to be

a way of educating folks

to think that yellow yards are just

as socially acceptable

as green ones–-certainly they last

as long. There ought to be some books

upon the subject, footnote proof

that color is an accidental

thing; that weeds are never weeds until

somebody tries to keep his daisies safe.

 

On the Folly of Comparisons

Cold is cold

till somewhere is colder;

Old is old till somebody’s older;

Good is good:

still good could be better;

Dead is dead,

but nobody’s deader.

 

Examination Frustration

Dates and digits, go away;

Come again another day;

Brain-stuffed students

Want to play.

 

Thirty answers wins an A.

 

Hamlet said

The king was dead.

Hester wore

An A of red..

 

Stalingrad’s had other names.

Prometheus stole Olympian flames.

Pandora peeked inside a box

But never played at kissing games.

 

Hadrian’s Wall

Was four feet tall.

Humpty Dumpty

Had a great fall.

 

Hemlock was what Socrates got.

No thing can be if it is not.

When Nero came, the Romans forgot

They ever complained it was too hot.

 

Troy was a town

Of great renown.

London Bridge

Is falling down.

 

For an end the agent acts.

(Thirty answers equals A;

Twenty earns a holiday.)

Common sense does not mean facts.

 

If I fail, at least I’ll be

In historic coterie.

 

Teacher, take the books away;

Bring them back another day;

Learning leaves no time for play.