Thursday, September 1, 2011

What's for Breakfast



The chicken looked at me
Imperiously
And said
Don’t try to distract me
With that
‘Sky is falling’ shit
Those are my babies
Scrambled on your plate -
Barbarian!


Here is a humorous poem for Poetry Jam, a great site for writing prompts.  To go there and read more click on the title.  This poem is one I wrote awhile ago for Magpie Tales, another great site and that's the picture is from.




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19 comments:

  1. laurie kolpSeptember 1, 2011 at 8:20 AM

    lol- That is funny. It reminds me of a friend who always tells me the sky's not falling when I'm stressing out about something.

    ~laurie

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  2. Peter GouldingSeptember 1, 2011 at 8:33 AM

    Wow! A talking chicken! Nice one!

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  3. Other MarySeptember 1, 2011 at 11:17 AM

    Laurie - And do you run around like a chicken with its head cut off? lol, Thanks for reading and commenting.

    Peter - Don't you have talking chickens in Ireland? lol, thanks for stopping by.

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  4. EvelynSeptember 1, 2011 at 12:14 PM

    Im SUCH a sucker for swears in poems. ha!

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  5. The BugSeptember 1, 2011 at 4:38 PM

    Well now I want bacon & eggs for dinner. And I don't feel at all guilty about it. Heh.

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  6. TimoteoSeptember 1, 2011 at 6:08 PM

    You seem like a good egg.

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  7. HelenSeptember 1, 2011 at 6:40 PM

    Mary, it's hysterical!

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  8. Rachel HoytSeptember 1, 2011 at 8:45 PM

    HahahaHA! I totally LOLed. :)

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  9. Ed PilollaSeptember 2, 2011 at 6:04 PM

    hahahah:) didn't see this coming. counterintuitive humor is great and rarely done well. thanks:)

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  10. Other MarySeptember 5, 2011 at 8:48 AM

    Evelyn - glad to oblige :o)

    Bug - haha, good!

    Timoteo - Thanks, you too! Although, maybe I'm just a big chicken!

    Helen - Thanks!

    Rachel - Excellent, thank you!

    Deborah - Thanks much.

    Ed - Thanks for reading Ed. Glad you got a laugh.

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  11. Brian MillerSeptember 5, 2011 at 9:03 AM

    haha...fun play...you posted this before right? still fun...and the pig cringes in the corner protecting his bacon...

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  12. Other MarySeptember 5, 2011 at 10:08 PM

    Hi Brian - Yes, this is a repeat. Thanks for remembering...lol, poor little piggy, probably ran all the way home!

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  13. barbaraSeptember 6, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    I think you caught the attitude just right. I remember thinking the chicken was Dali.

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  14. Jack Edwards PoetrySeptember 11, 2011 at 3:54 PM

    Haha brilliant. I love it.

    http://jackedwardspoetry.blogspot.com/2011/09/brothers.html

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  15. Other MarySeptember 11, 2011 at 4:14 PM

    Cello: Thank you!

    Barbara - Thanks. This is a rerun, as you can tell.

    Jack - Thanks - I'll check out yours as well.

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  16. Ed PilollaSeptember 11, 2011 at 10:35 PM

    i thought it was cute. imagine, a poem that ends with barbarian! and find it lighthearted. but i do:)

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  17. Other MarySeptember 13, 2011 at 8:19 AM

    Ed - Thanks, glad you found it funny.

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  18. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2011 at 10:12 AM

    this is really funny and i find it matching the expression of the chicken in the picture. in a deeper sense this is something we don't think when we partake a delicious dish of scrambled eggs. are we supposed to feel guilty?

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  19. Other MarySeptember 19, 2011 at 7:38 PM

    Fallenelegy - Actually, eggs that you buy at the store are not fertelized, so enjoy that omlette without guilt. Of course we won't mention the bacon...lol

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