I Am a Stork

I flew above a brood of brats,
like fighting, wailing alley cats;
defamed, I stood there like a dork:
their mother blamed them on a stork!

For Andrea’s I am a stork contest

Birth, unspoken communication: stork

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015



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Date: 9/1/2015 10:50:00 AM
Congrats on your win on the contest. love phyl
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Date: 6/21/2015 1:41:00 PM
Hello Jack, enjoyed the 'stilted' pause as described by the stork L O L)) keep well..'
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Date: 6/20/2015 1:44:00 PM
Congratulations on your win, your poem was innovative, captivating and entertaining, all in one. Emile.
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Date: 6/16/2015 11:52:00 AM
Jack this was great for the contest and a big congratulations on your placement and thanks for visiting my poem, the old fat cat
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Date: 5/28/2015 7:15:00 AM
LOL! Enjoyed your witty write. A 7 . Congratulations on your win, Jack! My bad for being so late. Still catching up with my reading of the winning writes.
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Date: 5/24/2015 7:28:00 PM
A funny write, Jack! Congrats on your win! Love, Kim
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Date: 5/24/2015 3:11:00 PM
Jack, Congratulations on your awesome Bird win @-> LINDA <-@
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Date: 5/24/2015 7:32:00 AM
LOL, the brood of brats I bet love the stork, congrats and clever :)
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Date: 5/24/2015 7:22:00 AM
Spoken like a true dad. This is pissa!! congrats on the win....still laughing...
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Date: 5/24/2015 5:20:00 AM
Clever poem, enjoyed
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Date: 5/24/2015 4:17:00 AM
Dropping back with my congrats Jack:-) Hugs Jan xx
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Date: 5/23/2015 11:08:00 PM
Jack, that's awesome. SKAT
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Date: 5/23/2015 8:28:00 PM
Jack, your humor remains one of the best at SOUP. I just adored the last two lines of this witty poem!! Congrats in my contest.
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Date: 5/11/2015 10:50:00 AM
Witty poem, Jack! The poor stork often gets lumbered with things that he's not guilty of! gl in the contest. // paul
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Date: 5/11/2015 7:40:00 AM
Jack, lol, funny one, I bet lots of mothers hate that stork at times, good luck in the contest and thanks for visiting my poem, Jacqueline. . .
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Date: 5/11/2015 5:34:00 AM
Cute one..Reads like a winner..Way to go..That is a lot to blame on a mere bird that is those misbehaving children..Thanks for the visits..Sara
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Date: 5/10/2015 5:01:00 PM
like the humourous approach to the stork:-) hugs Jan xx
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