Vegetables Have Feelings Too

Vegetables have feelings too


Cauliflower Cathy
Put on her Sunday best
Forgetting it was Saturday
She hadn’t had much rest

Working in the garden
This place she called her home
Tending to her children
She never was alone

Yet something it was missing
She felt it deep inside
So Cauliflower Cathy
Sat on the ground and cried

She had so many children
She tended to with care
No matter what they asked for
Dear Cathy she was there

It mattered not the hour
The weather on that day
For Cauliflower Cathy
Took all their fears away

She made her children happy
So big and green they’d grow
But still she often wondered
If true love she would know

Then sitting in her garden
She heard a different voice
And couldn’t help but listen
She really had no choice

The voice it sounded friendly
Coming from next door
Another person’s garden
Another person’s chore

She glanced in that direction
A man her eyes did see
Waving from his garden
Smiling happily

Her heart it went a’ flutter
She fixed her golden hair
Then walked up to the fence line
These gardens they did share

My name is Carrot Charlie
That is what he said
A leaf of green was growing from
The top of Charlie’s head

I’m Cauliflower Cathy
I’ve not seen you before
Out here in this garden
Never, I am sure

He said he understood this
Though he had been around
But mostly every sunny day
He spent them underground

He asked if she remembered
Last spring or there about
When both of them were planted
She was a little sprout

She listened to him talking
Her heart it sure was fed
She found that he was handsome
Then this is what he said

If I may be so forward
I’ve watched you for a while
I’ve dreamed someday to meet you
I really like your smile

And if you wouldn’t mind it
I’d cover the expense
I hope you will agree with me
That we take down this fence

I’ll help you with your children
And you can help with mine
We’ll have the biggest garden
If only you’d be mine

The two they worked together
For they were now in love
They welcomed every rain drop
Each sun beam from above

Now Cauliflower Cathy
With Charlie as her man
Lived happily ever after
Tending to their clan

So tonight while eating dinner
If on your plate you view
These vegetables, remember
That they have feelings too


Hey, Darren White said it is Happy Poem Wednesday. : )

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Date: 3/12/2017 11:06:00 PM
Cute -n-catchy! The title drew me in!
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Date: 3/9/2017 10:57:00 AM
Made me chuckle, thanks for sharing this Chris!
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Chris Green
Date: 3/9/2017 2:49:00 PM
Thank you so much Sara. I am happy you got a laugh out of this. :)
Date: 3/9/2017 9:23:00 AM
What a fun poem! Loved it! Would appeal to children too, I think!!
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Chris Green
Date: 3/9/2017 10:48:00 AM
Thank you again my friend. I am happy you enjoyed this one
Date: 3/9/2017 7:13:00 AM
A fun poem Chris that made me smile. It certainly fit the Happy Poem Wednesday-course I am reading it on Thursday. So, happy Thursday to you too! :)
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Chris Green
Date: 3/9/2017 8:42:00 AM
Happy Thursday to you to Sara. :) I am glad this made you smile as well, that makes it worth writing. I appreciate your kindness my friend.
Date: 3/9/2017 5:53:00 AM
Chris, this was so much fun to read. You are responsible for the smile on my face this afternoon ;) Awesome write!
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Chris Green
Date: 3/9/2017 8:41:00 AM
Thank you so very much Wilma. I am happy this one made you smile. That makes me smile. :)
Date: 3/8/2017 10:12:00 PM
Tell me this is entered in FABLES because we have a winner. I want to take this fable to bed with me for snuggle-age. I know I would sleep my sleep from childhood's page. Magical. Outstanding writing. Yi Hugs ... CayCay
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Chris Green
Date: 3/9/2017 8:40:00 AM
Thank you CayCay for this enthusiastic and encouraging comment about my poem. Sorry, I didn't enter it in the contest but I am happy you think it is a winner.
Date: 3/8/2017 8:34:00 PM
Wonderful tale!! But if my veggies start to riot there's gonna be a slow boil!! ;) Well done Chris! GL I know this will do well! Big Hugggs. Deb
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Chris Green
Date: 3/9/2017 8:32:00 AM
Thank you so very much my friend. I am happy you enjoyed this one. I appreciate your kind thoughts but I didn't enter this in a contest.
Date: 3/8/2017 7:12:00 PM
What an endearing poem :)
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Chris Green
Date: 3/9/2017 8:31:00 AM
Thank you so very much Carol.
Date: 3/8/2017 4:03:00 PM
I love this, Chris! So creative, light-hearted and fun! A fantastic write! A 7! Blessings, Kim
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Chris Green
Date: 3/8/2017 4:16:00 PM
Thank you so very much Kim. I am happy you enjoyed this one.
Date: 3/8/2017 3:41:00 PM
This is so creative and beautiful, I really like how you did this one! :)
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Chris Green
Date: 3/8/2017 3:53:00 PM
Thanks so very much Arthur. I appreciate your kind thoughts today.
Date: 3/8/2017 3:29:00 PM
I was drawn to your poem by its intriguing title and enjoyed it very much. Love the lightness and rhythm.
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Chris Green
Date: 3/8/2017 3:32:00 PM
Thanks so very much Agnes. I am happy you liked my fun little poem.
Date: 3/8/2017 3:25:00 PM
Didn't know you had such a green thumb Chris, a garden well tended...
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Chris Green
Date: 3/8/2017 3:31:00 PM
Well, I've always had a Chris Green thumb, at least as long as I can remember. :) Thanks so much my friend.
Date: 3/8/2017 3:01:00 PM
this is charming and adorable, chris!
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Chris Green
Date: 3/8/2017 3:06:00 PM
Thanks so much Ilene. I am happy you liked it.
Date: 3/8/2017 12:47:00 PM
Fun and delightful poem, Chris. I love cauliflower, carrots not so much. But, I'm happy for Charlie though. Lol! This is a happy poem for sure. Love the theme of it all. A 7 for your troubles. Love and peace, my friend.
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Chris Green
Date: 3/8/2017 2:15:00 PM
Thanks so much Freddie for reading and commenting on this one. I was just having a little fun since Darren said to write a happy poem for today.
Date: 3/8/2017 12:43:00 PM
ohh, sounds like a lovely nursery rhyme... you thrill, chris!..huggs
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Chris Green
Date: 3/8/2017 2:14:00 PM
Thanks so much Nette. I am happy you enjoyed my fun little (long) poem. :)
Date: 3/8/2017 12:18:00 PM
Chris this poem makes me smile :) Thank you for sharing this. Very sweet , and fully creative. I love it.
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Chris Green
Date: 3/8/2017 12:40:00 PM
Heidi, I am so happy this made you smile, that makes me smile and I think we both need a few smiles today. :)
Date: 3/8/2017 12:14:00 PM
WoW! Chris, you my friend are good. I really enjoyed this romantic tale. You are so creative and have an amazing imagination. I'm glad Darren told you it was "Happy Poem Wednesday ". Because this piece made me smile inside out . But I must say I will never look at cauliflowers and carrots the same. A without a doubt seven:-)Alexis
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Chris Green
Date: 3/8/2017 12:39:00 PM
Thank you so very much Alexis. If this poem made you smile inside and out then it was well worth writing. I appreciate you my friend.
Date: 3/8/2017 11:54:00 AM
I happened to like cauliflower and carrots quite a lot..I will make sure Ill eat them together when I can..so I wont separate Cathy from her Charlie...Till death do them part...lol :).This was a funny poem..But Really I do believe Veggies are qutie living too. :)
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Chris Green
Date: 3/8/2017 12:07:00 PM
Thank you my sweet friend so much for always stopping by and making me smile. I am happy you liked this one about Cathy and Charlie. They are such a cute couple. :)
Date: 3/8/2017 10:31:00 AM
It IS happy Wednesday :) I will from now on carefully arrange carrots and cauliflower on my plate and eat them together, gently, with a smile, hahaha.
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Chris Green
Date: 3/8/2017 10:39:00 AM
Thanks Darren, I'm sure Cathy and Charlie will appreciate that. :)
Date: 3/8/2017 10:27:00 AM
What a fun poem Chris ...Oh dear, I am just going to eat some Cathy Caulflower and Charlie carrots for my tea and hubby chopped them to bits with a sharp knife - he's a serial killer:-( :-( hugs Jan xx
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Chris Green
Date: 3/8/2017 10:30:00 AM
Mr. Allison, put the knife down, back away from the vegetables and put the knife down!!! :) Thanks so much Jan, I am happy you enjoyed this.
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