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For Tania Kitchin's Cartoon Character Clerihew Poetry Contest

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Popeye The Sailor Man

Popeye the Sailor Man
sure could pop spinach out of a can.
Strength and pep he would gain.
Might we say spinach was his cocaine?

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Charles Messina

Date: 8/18/2025 4:57:00 AM

LOL- One never knows. Congratulations on your well-deserved top win!

Maclawrence Famuyiwa

Date: 8/17/2025 9:32:00 PM

This is really a bomb. Congrats.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/17/2025 9:55:00 PM

Aww. Thanks

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 8/17/2025 6:51:00 PM

Congrats! As long as Cocaine wasn’t his spinach ;)

Line Gauthier

Date: 8/17/2025 3:57:00 PM

lol ~ good one, Andrea

Abdullah Alhemaidy

Date: 8/17/2025 12:55:00 PM

Congratulations on your win!

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 8/17/2025 10:23:00 AM

- Back with congratulations, Andrea :) - hugs

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 8/17/2025 9:40:00 AM

Back with Congratulations on your win. I enjoyed reading your creative/fun write again. Popeye is our guy. Hahaha!!! Have a fun day with your win.............

Terry Miller

Date: 8/17/2025 7:36:00 AM

A Clerihew; "I Yam what I yam and Dats what I Yam" Fun poem Andrea and congratulatons

Tania Kitchin

Date: 8/17/2025 7:21:00 AM

Andrea, congratulations on your first place win with your funny clerihew.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/17/2025 12:59:00 PM

Thank you. Much appreciated

Akham Nilabirdhwaja Singh

Date: 8/15/2025 8:14:00 PM

A humorous poem over a cartoon character.Well done.Wish you the best in the contest

Daniel Henry Rodgers

Date: 8/15/2025 2:25:00 PM

Dear Andrea, This one made me laugh out loud! You’ve captured Popeye perfectly with that unstoppable, spinach-powered punch of energy and then you twist it with that sly, cheeky question at the end. Comparing spinach to “his cocaine” is just mischievous enough to make me grin and shake my head in admiration. Blessings, My Dear Andrea, Daniel

Ghairo Daniels

Date: 8/14/2025 12:31:00 AM

Nice one ! Hi Andrea, I couldn’t find your blog, so I am making this comment here : to refer to a poetic form as an Asian form is considered racist. Please could you specify what exact form you are referring to in your current contest description. Best intentions.x. Asia refers to a geographical region & not a poetic form. Best intentions.x.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/17/2025 1:14:00 PM

I specified 4 to 10 lines. This was meant to prevent people from writing tanka or a series of haiku or sijo, for example. Soup lists only 10 Asian forms or less than that. Sorry if you found my directions racist, but I prefer forms. Many Asian poems are very long and it is mainly the short forms that people here are familiar with. I just assumed people would realize I was only referring to short forms per my requirements when I asked for no Asian poems. I should have said Asian "forms"

Abdullah Alhemaidy
Date: 8/17/2025 12:54:00 PM

Agreed. She should have written (not short poem or more than 5 lines or ten lines ...) Secondly, Asian poems forms are so many! Third, it is not the right word.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/14/2025 2:27:00 PM

Yes. I googled again Asian poetry. It lists around ten forms, so it is a "thing" and not racist at all.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/14/2025 2:23:00 PM

If you google Asian poetry forms , you WILL get a list of what they are. I believe I said short Asian poetry forms. Something like that. Most people at Soup take that to mean tanka, haiku, senryu, sijo. Forms 5 lines and under. These are the short Asian forms more typically used and understood by those who sponsor contests here. Hope that explains it.

Bill Baker

Date: 8/13/2025 9:36:00 PM

The more he eats the less left for me. I do not like spinach. Nice entry for the contest, Andrea. Good luck, my friend. Bill

Valsa George

Date: 8/13/2025 9:16:00 PM

The last line is really an icing on the cake. Quite hilarious.

Paige Hind

Date: 8/13/2025 1:56:00 PM

LOL this is funny!!!!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/13/2025 3:40:00 PM

Thanks.

John Loving Iii

Date: 8/13/2025 10:04:00 AM

I wouldn't go as far as to say that.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/13/2025 1:39:00 PM

Spinach for him was far more unrealistic though.

Vanya Evangeline

Date: 8/13/2025 8:50:00 AM

Oh, this certainly brings back memories. I think I can credit Popeye for making spinach my favourite vegetable. Not to cocaine levels, of course, but who doesn't want to be super strong? Thanks for writing this gem!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/13/2025 9:25:00 AM

I thought spinach was a horrible veggie because my mother only used it from the can. I did not even realize it was similar to lettuce! Then later in life I learned it tasted great just in a salad eaten raw!

Michelle Mac Donald

Date: 8/13/2025 7:20:00 AM

Hmmmm... I'd written 3 Soupmails to you yesterday, 2 to Kim today. Go figure! I think I'll need to reboard "the good ship lollipop. I think last time I'd been thrown overboard, could ask fPopeye to save me. However, he's always busy helping Olive Oil

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/13/2025 9:20:00 AM

I think I got at least two of them and replied to one. Didn't you get my reply?

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 8/13/2025 3:30:00 AM

It will surprise you to know that in Malta, we have a small village dedicated to Popeye. Very popular.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/13/2025 9:20:00 AM

that's so cool

Frank Sheehan

Date: 8/12/2025 10:22:00 PM

Great write. Popeye was my favorite cartoon while a child. Very creative. Thanks for posting.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/13/2025 1:40:00 PM

I was such a silly kid, I actually had a crush on this cartoon character, along with Mighty Mouse.

Howard Kerr

Date: 8/12/2025 7:23:00 PM

Hello Andrea, I simply adore this oh so charming piece. Superb rhythm and flow. Thanks for your comment on my poem and for the time you spent searching for a work of mine you hadn’t read. Howard

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/13/2025 1:39:00 PM

thanks, Howard

CayCay Jennings

Date: 8/12/2025 2:47:00 PM

Yes, but thank goodness it didn't cost like cocaine or he could never have bought all those hamburgers for what's his name, and Olive Oil's weight, well, she definitely could've been a snorter. (does this count as gossip?) I really, really, like this your Popeye the Sailor Man. Soupy. Love, CayCay

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/13/2025 1:40:00 PM

thanks, sweetie. I have a new mail for you

Joe Dimino

Date: 8/12/2025 2:08:00 PM

Cheaper and healthier alternative. Well put.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/13/2025 3:40:00 PM

Thanks, Joe

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 8/12/2025 1:01:00 PM

What a creative/fun write you have here. Popeye sure did love his spinach. Love watching the old TV shows. "Good Luck" We both did this one. Have a fun day writing away..........

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/13/2025 3:41:00 PM

You do a lot of contests like I do!

Michelle Mac Donald

Date: 8/12/2025 11:01:00 AM

LOL, fortunately Wimpy didn't care much for spinach. Fun write, thanks for sharing, Andrea! :))

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/13/2025 3:41:00 PM

Thanks

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