Monday, February 23, 2009

CXXII - Chicken a l'Orange.

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Laura Jayne at Pictures, Poetry & Prose poses a daily writing challenge.
The prompt for this poem was “Orange”. A nasty thing, as there are few rhymes for it.
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The hen took her chicks into a glade
Where citrus provided welcome shade;
There, beside some fallen fruit,
A chick cried out “What a hoot!
Look! There's the orange Mama laid!”

(sorry)
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© J Cosmo Newbery
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20 comments:

  1. After a pun like that, I'm not sure sorry is enough!

    A punster after my own heart.

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  2. Yet another reason to hate oranges.

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  3. You do like living dangerously, don't you!

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  4. Ha! I wouldn't apologize for that... it made me laugh :)

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  5. Cute! A new take on an old joke. ♥

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  6. You're about the only one out here who could get away with that!

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  7. That is so cute...
    Hey.. u saw YOU featured on my blog?!

    :)

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  8. Cute. I'm pretty literal, as it turns out, as I literally thought she laid an orange. I'm tired.

    You won! I'm emailing you details.

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  9. Too interesting, and this is what is written. (Laughter)

    http://eyesinkaleidoscope.blogspot.com/
    http://fymtyh.blogspot.com/

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  10. i'm afraid 'cute' doesn't quite ... express the feeling i'm groping for ... perhaps a deep groan. After all, laying anything is quite exerting and worthy of a few moans and groans.

    what a hoot, indeed, Cosmo.

    sigh (tsk'ing lightly under her breath)

    x

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  11. JCosmo, I really should'a had my shot at it so many moons ago.
    Because that was the very tact I had planned, and it was good, don'tcha know.
    Lee Kennedy had to shine
    in at least four lines
    But I didn'a think I was good enough to come up with a good show.

    And it had a line drawing, too.
    I'll share the poetry with you,
    But I cant show the picture
    as it's in my room's mixture
    (I'm such a messy guy. Oh well, what's to do?)

    Here stands Lee on a chair in the kitchen
    A can of oil held tightly in his hand
    unsqueeking the door hinge
    And eating an orange
    Simultaneously, quite talented ths Australian man.

    I dunno, much time has passed
    Probably should have written it all down, but, alas
    I didn't.

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  12. jeez, would'a been better if i had written 'in the kitchen, and'

    but, of course it's too late, eh?

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  13. Don't apologise, that was brilliant. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

    I've always believed that chickens use the hoot expression!

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  14. Funny! No need to apologize...

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  15. Funny, short, sweet and cute.;))

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  16. I love that you apologized.. though I'm not sure it's needed. I chuckled at this one. :)

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  17. and...I forgot to mix apples with oranges, here.

    The last time I skillet cooked some chicken, I used apple cider instead of wine.
    Quite the treat, indeed, my friend! It tasted exotically fine.

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  18. Ouch. Another of life's little pleasures that I won't be able to enjoy without thinking of you.

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  19. I like the "sorry" at the end, but I thought it just added to the humor. Fun stuff!

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