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Wishful Thinking

To be literate makes us cock of the hoop. 
If we cannot read we’re out of the loop,
but can a slowpoke,
and illiterate folk,
learn to read eating alphabet soup.

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Allen Beilschmidt Sr.

April 14, 2019 at 2:00 PM

Awesome wit Lindsay

Lindsay Laurie

April 14, 2019 at 6:40 PM

G'day allen … thanks for leaving your positive comment. Catch you soon - Lindsay

Tom Cunningham

April 13, 2019 at 2:10 AM

I think hunger would get the better of you and you'd empty your plate lol

Judy Ball

April 12, 2019 at 9:55 AM

This put a smile on my face. Loved it. I can picture this one in a children rhyme book. Great stuff. God Bless, JB

Lindsay Laurie

April 14, 2019 at 6:37 PM

Hello Judy … thanks for reading and putting up a comment. I appreciate it - Lindsay

Connie Marcum Wong

April 2, 2019 at 5:55 AM

This takes me back to my childhood as we ate and played with our soup. Loved it Lindsay! : ) xxoo

Lindsay Laurie

April 4, 2019 at 7:39 PM

Hello Connie … as well as alphabet soup, we had one with small animal figures too, but they all went to the same place. Not much alphabet soup travelled to the brain in my young years - pleased you enjoyed this one Connie - Lindsay

Ralph Sergi

April 1, 2019 at 5:32 PM

Hi Lindsay: Great poem! The person who created Alphabet soup was very perceptive

Lindsay Laurie

April 4, 2019 at 7:34 PM

G'day Ralph … they should serve it to every student in English classes - thanks Ralph - Lindsay

Jerry T Curtis

March 31, 2019 at 6:29 PM

Naaaaaaaaa Mate they'd just be poopin' Scrabble for a week !

Lindsay Laurie

April 4, 2019 at 7:32 PM

Hi there Jerry …. fair enough. I just hope they weren't playing scrabble then - thanks Jerry - Lindsay

Sara Kendrick

March 31, 2019 at 5:31 PM

Cute one. Maybe they can. We were so poor they took all the alphabet out of the soup and saved it for supper. Sara

Lindsay Laurie

April 4, 2019 at 7:30 PM

G'day Sara … thank you Sara. Crikey; it would have taken you twice as long to learn how to spell - thank you Sara - Lindsay

Jennifer Proxenos

March 31, 2019 at 2:48 PM

Hilarious - But will they sort themselves out into words,or merely become a fruit salad of a soup! Thanks for the laughs Lindsay! Poetry hugs, Jenny.

Lindsay Laurie

April 4, 2019 at 7:27 PM

G'day Jennifer … another reason for kids to play with their food Jennifer. Catch you soon - Lindsay

Phyllis Babcock

March 29, 2019 at 11:43 AM

Just had some of the alphabet soup the other day. Mom is coming in for the weekend so we have lots planned. Have a great weekend. love phyl

Lindsay Laurie

March 29, 2019 at 5:37 PM

Thank you Phyllis … I trust your weather is getting better. Our first day this year to remind us winter is on the way - Lindsay

Andrea Dietrich

March 26, 2019 at 6:24 PM

haha. Adorable poetry!!

Lindsay Laurie

March 29, 2019 at 5:35 PM

Hello Andrea … thank you once again Andrea. I would tell my kids the words spelt - eat up your soup (repeat x 100) - thank you Andrea - Lindsay

Rico Leffanta

March 26, 2019 at 6:18 PM

Now that you have brought it up, Jan may find "Vowels in the Bowels" a subject worth exploring. . . . Aloha! Rico

Lindsay Laurie

March 29, 2019 at 5:31 PM

G'day Rico … I'll leave that up to you Rico - thanks Mate - Lindsay

Timothy Mcguire

March 26, 2019 at 4:59 PM

Not likely Lindsay

Lindsay Laurie

March 29, 2019 at 5:30 PM

G'day Timothy … you're right Timothy. Let 'em sort 'emselves out in the stomach - catch you soon Timothy - Lindsay

Robert L. Hinshaw

March 26, 2019 at 11:52 AM

Brilliant, Lindsay! I love grate lims and this is a GREAT one! Glad ewe liked thee Bubba Clinton right and yew are write - he got caught with his pants down! Carry on, Mate! Bob

Lindsay Laurie

March 29, 2019 at 5:28 PM

G'day Bob … thanks once again Bob. Yeah, silly Billy was the BUTT of many jokes way down here - catch you soon Bob - Lindsay

M. L. Kiser

March 26, 2019 at 6:14 AM

Now there's a cute one; I remember trying, as a kid. I always ended up having to re-arrange the letters but, then they'd float away from one another again and again.

Lindsay Laurie

March 29, 2019 at 5:25 PM

Hello M. L. … I think the eaters arrange themselves in my soup to read - eat me. Thanks for commenting M. L. - Lindsay