I don't know if any of you read Dave Barry's blog (he's really funny), but he had a rather brilliant idea of asking everyone who reads it to go to poetry.com and submit a poem (you'll see how to do it when you get there).

There are two requirements: the poem must be submitted under the first name "Freemont" (mine is submitted under Freemont Crashburn) and must include the line "the dog ate mother's toes."

My humble submission:

A-gamboling through the fields I went
Under the bright blue sky
The weather it was heaven-sent
My spirits they were high

But this sad thing I must disclose
The day, it went awry
Because the dog ate mother's toes
And now it has to die