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Turtle Shell

"Homeless" I found a little turtle, I assign it to my favorite green shoe box I guess I over spoiled him, with one simple, pretty punk rock He does not mind, when I hold him in my handbag His presence makes me feel as if nothing will sound faulty On the day I discovered he was sick He scratched my finger twice I tossed the turtle, back into the woods The next thing you know, He sat pretty under his shell, on my front steps Here, I go again I took it back inside by morning light Weeks went by, I told him I was bored of cleaning up his Poo On the spur of the moment I had the itch to eat turtle stew As time got by, so did his box and my castle Everything between the turtle and I, became into a tussle My little turtle my buddy, what should I feed you, I ran out of money, all I had was a six pack of Mountain dew This homless moment, felt like eternity It was time, to set my turtle free My tiny friend, with a hard shell, found many turtle girls My itty bitty turtle tore them all up in two Lucky me now I get to eat some real turtle stew. :) By: ME

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 8/22/2017 11:57:00 AM
This poem put a big smile on my face, PD. Had me chuckling pretty hard too. I think the remedy is a little of that turtle stew. Your sense of humor is sea deep funny. Mighty fine poetry, sista. Love and smiles always.
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Date: 4/11/2016 11:22:00 AM
oh my, if I'd seen this before, I dont' remember but I sure enjoyed reading it this time. FUN poem, PD. and thanks for your congrats on my recent wins!
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Date: 7/15/2014 4:13:00 AM
Hi PD, I specifically asked for no turtle stew. Like to try to write a new one? Cyndi
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Date: 7/15/2014 9:15:00 AM
Blog removed. System error report given to TPS... I have no idea why I couldn't use the search parameters, properly. I managed to put in some specific typos from the poem into the search and came up with that weird coding.
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Date: 7/15/2014 9:15:00 AM
I tried to replicate the same results with older poems from other soupers and did not have the same results. Is itpossible that you have a "bug" just on your pages? Best that soup looks into this...
Date: 2/20/2013 9:04:00 AM
Belated congratulations on this so cute and superb couplets my dearest sis! I extremely enjoyed the story! Thank you so much for stopping by today and I'm glad you like my poem for you. However, I am so sorry if i wasn't able to enter it in your haiku contest. I supposed to go and change my entry, Grass Heads but it was too late for me. I found your contest already closed. lol. Sorry, I'm always late. Anyway, I'm so happy you like it. Thank you so much again. love & big hugs, Leo
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Date: 1/30/2012 6:43:00 AM
Creative work as always..Way to go girl with this win..Sara
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Date: 1/26/2012 5:17:00 PM
Congratulations on a fine win, P.D. I've not had Turtle Stew but it must be good if it's anything like PS! Hope all is well! Love, Annalise
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Date: 1/26/2012 1:05:00 PM
congrats PD my BFF on a great 5th place win for brilliant lines to tribute the PS site luv.. always awesome ..
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Date: 1/26/2012 12:55:00 PM
A stew on the soup P D.... only you could manage such a hoot, your words iv'e enjoyed, to this win they were well employed..!
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Date: 1/26/2012 10:29:00 AM
p.d. congrats on your win, had Turtle soup many years ago quite disgusting,eehhhggghh..David
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Date: 1/26/2012 7:40:00 AM
Congratulation on your win my friend. Loved and enjoyed, bl
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Date: 1/26/2012 6:43:00 AM
Congratulations on your placement in my "What I Love Most About PoetrySoup" contest P.D. Thank you for your support. Love, Carol
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Date: 9/24/2010 6:48:00 AM
Clever, imaginative, funny ... and a whole lot of creativity. Keep the inspiration flowing.
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Date: 8/7/2010 2:29:00 PM
I really Have 2 try sOme:)*luv~Skat
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Date: 8/5/2010 3:16:00 AM
Now that is some real turtle stew rationalization! LOL How was it? LOL
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Date: 8/4/2010 3:22:00 PM
awww you flooied it at the end! lol do you know you are using slip rhyme or half rhyme! very sophisticated...Light & Love gal
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Date: 8/4/2010 1:04:00 AM
six pack of mountain dew indeed, what a way to go, Oh, love the poem, awesome, sorry i'm a bit late getting here. Harry
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Date: 8/4/2010 12:31:00 AM
One of the first ones i've read since ive been back, and i'm glad i read one of yours 1st! love it.
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Date: 8/3/2010 11:03:00 PM
love it ha ha s mail xxx
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Date: 8/3/2010 9:34:00 PM
How funny! Hope you have a great day! Scarlett
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Date: 8/3/2010 8:08:00 PM
LOL!
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Date: 8/3/2010 12:48:00 PM
what a great imagination and way of telling a story. jhl
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Date: 8/3/2010 1:32:00 AM
soup mail again
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Date: 8/3/2010 12:56:00 AM
soup mail from charles '
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Date: 8/2/2010 8:31:00 PM
Very funny. I needed a fun lift. Your talent and humor shine through. Thank you for reading my poetry.
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Date: 8/2/2010 6:38:00 PM
This is funny
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