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A Pickled Piper

Peter Piper picked a peck Of pickled peckers... After the laughter subsided I was in a peck of trouble, In a real pickle so to speak. Thank god he wasn't a woodchuck. I'd still be saying Hail Mary's. 2/15/2020

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Jan Allison

Date: 2/23/2020 9:47:00 AM

I adored this one John, many congrats:-) hugs Jan xx

Caycay Jennings

Date: 2/22/2020 8:30:00 PM

Delightfully humorous - I love that I didn't see it coming. I was humor grabbed and I loved the feeling. Very clever - I laughed out loud or, rather, I loled aloud? I don't know but congratulations are in order and deserved and my pleasure to leave in this rectangle. Poetry hugs ... CayCay

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 2/22/2020 1:28:00 PM

LOL...soooo funny! Congrats, John! Careful where your dickering dares...

Sam Kauffman

Date: 2/22/2020 11:46:00 AM

Opps! A tongue twisters tongue twister! Thanks for the laugh and congratulations!

Gershon Wolf

Date: 2/19/2020 8:16:00 PM

Two thumbs way up, John. This charming pickle of a poem flows so well that I kept looking for the word that rhymes with '(Hail) Marys!' Cheers, Gershon

Jan Allison

Date: 2/16/2020 12:37:00 PM

Absolutely brilliant you certainly made me smile , I too was using a bit of Peter piper in my draft of the poem so had better change it ... but great minds think alike:-) hugs Jan xx

Maureen Mcgreavy

Date: 2/15/2020 9:31:00 PM

LOL!!!! ;D, (winner for me)

Daniel Turner

Date: 2/15/2020 7:02:00 PM

John, I was a truck driver for over 20 years and truck drivers call rest areas, "pickle parks" They seem to think people there are " jerkin their gherkin" ( a gherkin is a small sweet pickle) Now I suppose I should say a few Hail Marys:) Thanks for the laugh.

Jan Allison
Date: 2/16/2020 12:38:00 PM

Lol DT:-)) xxx

Lindsay Laurie

Date: 2/15/2020 4:43:00 PM

G'day John … just as well you weren't reciting the pheasant plucker tongue twister. Crikey, you'd be forever quoting hail Mary's - thanks John - Lindsay