Mama's Noodle Soup

Nothing will ever taste as good
as Mama’s homemade noodle soup.
It was the cure for everything
from chicken pox to the nasty croup.
It was worth the while of getting sick
to be brought a nice big bowl.
To make a soup that tastes like hers
has been my life-long goal.

Papa would dress a big fat hen
which Mama boiled ‘til it fell apart.
She’d separated meat from bones
but that was just the start.
To make her noodles she’d break eggs,
enough to fill a cup
and one single tablespoon of water
would completely fill it up.
Flour enough for stiff dough
rolled and hung to dry,
then cut into the noodle soup,
it was simply for to die.

Noodle soup was one of many
that Mama fed her brood..
No gourmet cook has ever made 
a soup to taste so good.

By: Joyce Johnson.  Won no. 1

I dedicated this poem to PD and guarantee it will cure any ailment she has.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Johnson Avatar
March 13, 2012 at 6:35 PM
very well done cousin mine, great story speaks in every line, love it mate...
Kendrick Avatar
March 13, 2012 at 6:23 PM
Congrats on your winning work..Sara
Maverick Avatar
March 13, 2012 at 2:43 PM
Well Joyce if i am in the area i shall call in for a helping of this great stuff"and well done on the top notching in contest..!
Sweetheart Avatar
March 13, 2012 at 1:23 PM
congrats Joyce on a super first place win for a souper entry luv..
Brown Avatar
March 13, 2012 at 5:47 AM
Congratulations for your win in P.D.'s get well soup contest Joyce. Love, Carol
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March 13, 2012 at 2:17 AM
Congratultion Joyce it sounds delicious xx
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March 12, 2012 at 11:09 PM
JOYCE., , Congratulations! with your wonderful soup poem. I'm feeling much better now. LOL... except the folks around me. I got Nate and my granddaughter sick. SHAME ON ME! THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING my contest ;-) I much enjoyed your entry, ~ always*PD
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March 8, 2012 at 6:29 AM
To think, I complain about cooking and your mom made soup from scratch which certainly has a different meaning than today. I know her soup was excellent. I'm a vegetarian, but I'm sure if your mom's soup was put in front of me, I'd go back to eating meat. The poem by itself almost did it! Blessings, Rhonda
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