Jack Ellison Poet Quatrain

Run You Turkeys, Run

Turkeys have all been running like hell
Afraid for their very lives 
A dangerous time of the year for them
Sure not very nice of us guys

They've all got wives and kiddies at home
With a loaded to the top Visa card
Soon gonna get their head above water
Now this, life is so hard

I'm cheering for the turkeys, I am, I am
Deserve a much better fate
Like you and me, just trying to get along
Run, run for the farmer's gate

For those that make it, Christmas is next
Maybe travel to another country
Where chickens and cows and fish are eaten
They'd be then able to roam free

Run you turkeys, run!

© Jack Ellison 2013

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Gwen Benita Mason Gibbs October 20, 2013 at 9:01 AM I Know it's ashame for the Turkey's, but they taste so darn good. Jack Ellison October 20, 2013 at 9:21 AM Yum yum yum... I'm Canadian and our Thanksgiving was last Sunday! Hence the poem... LOL xoxox

Donna Jones October 17, 2013 at 6:51 PM Peanut butter and jelly? Yikes.....no way....turkey and all the dressing and cranberries and pie I can eat!!!!!....cute poem though......go turkeys while you can....... Jack Ellison October 17, 2013 at 7:08 PM Our Thanksgiving just ended but yours has got another month or so! So those turkeys down there have extra warning... run like hell youse guys!!!! Thank you Donna dear Donna xoxoxoxox

Lucilla Carrillo October 16, 2013 at 10:45 AM With Thanksgiving comming up this is a good poem. I do feel sorry for the turkeys, but they tase so good at least once a year. Do you eat Turkey? Let me know. I hope so - that way I won't feel so bad when I eat it.... Lucilla Jack Ellison October 16, 2013 at 12:39 PM Up here in Canada, we just had our Thanksgiving last weekend! Didn't have a traditional turkey dinner though... too many calories! Had peanut butter and jelly sandwich! LOL xoxox

Joseph Matose October 15, 2013 at 6:19 AM HA HA HA!!! Here comes Jack, a Turkey Boy! You make Poetry a true Art! This piece is loaded with imaginations, creativity....Would TURKEYS keep a calendar, the wretches would make good their escape just in time!!!!!!JM Jack Ellison October 15, 2013 at 7:14 AM Hmmm! Turkey Boy!!! LOL They should set up an early warning system for the U.S. Thanksgiving in November! I trust this gave you a chuckle! Thanks again Joseph

Demetrios Trifiatis October 14, 2013 at 1:04 AM Dear Jack, as things are going you will save all turkeys in the country! They will declare you their savior but you may face the wrath of another species: Hungry humans! Ha-ha! Superb quatrain, you made my day! Jack Ellison October 15, 2013 at 7:10 AM Humans I can deal with... it's all those turkeys when they band together in a celebration of love for their saviour... could get injured! LOL

Harry Horsman October 13, 2013 at 5:02 PM Oh Jack this is brilliant, so you are the president of the turkey appreciation society... believe it or not,, i use to have exactly the same sentiment with lambs,, but love your poem,, and although jovial there is a little message in there..... Jack Ellison October 13, 2013 at 5:08 PM "although jovial there is a little message" glad you caught it my friend! Thanks for your very kind words, Harry!!!

Carol Eastman October 13, 2013 at 9:43 AM Dragon heard your poem and decided to save the turkeys... Alas, he liberated the turkey freezer section... and we had to pay for them... Then he couldn't understand why they didn't fly away... DUH! Silly Dragon!... So we had a barbecue, and the store ordered more. We all had a bumper year... Not so much for the turkeys... tho... Then I took him to the park and explained all the turkeys he saw were already liberated... including the wild flying kind... Turkeys come in all shapes and sizes... LOL Jack Ellison October 13, 2013 at 11:10 AM Imagine being a turkey at this time of the year! :( xoxoxox

Andrea Dietrich October 13, 2013 at 9:01 AM haha, I actually prefer chicken meat. When the turkeys see me coming, they can relax. Jack Ellison October 13, 2013 at 9:18 AM Awww that is sooo nice! But what about all those poor chickens running for their lives! LOL Hugs, Jack xoxox