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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.

Copyright © Lindsay Laurie | Year Posted 2019

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Allen Beilschmidt Sr. Date: 4/14/2019 2:00:00 PM Awesome wit Lindsay Login to Reply Lindsay Laurie Date: 4/14/2019 6:40:00 PM G'day allen … thanks for leaving your positive comment. Catch you soon - Lindsay

Tom Cunningham Date: 4/13/2019 2:10:00 AM I think hunger would get the better of you and you'd empty your plate lol Login to Reply

Judy Ball Date: 4/12/2019 9:55:00 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 Login to Reply Lindsay Laurie Date: 4/14/2019 6:37:00 PM Hello Judy … thanks for reading and putting up a comment. I appreciate it - Lindsay

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 4/2/2019 5:55:00 AM This takes me back to my childhood as we ate and played with our soup. Loved it Lindsay! : ) xxoo Login to Reply Lindsay Laurie Date: 4/4/2019 7:39:00 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 Date: 4/1/2019 5:32:00 PM Hi Lindsay: Great poem! The person who created Alphabet soup was very perceptive Login to Reply Lindsay Laurie Date: 4/4/2019 7:34:00 PM G'day Ralph … they should serve it to every student in English classes - thanks Ralph - Lindsay

Jerry T Curtis Date: 3/31/2019 6:29:00 PM Naaaaaaaaa Mate they'd just be poopin' Scrabble for a week ! Login to Reply Lindsay Laurie Date: 4/4/2019 7:32:00 PM Hi there Jerry …. fair enough. I just hope they weren't playing scrabble then - thanks Jerry - Lindsay

Sara Kendrick Date: 3/31/2019 5:31:00 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 Login to Reply Lindsay Laurie Date: 4/4/2019 7:30:00 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 Date: 3/31/2019 2:48:00 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. Login to Reply Lindsay Laurie Date: 4/4/2019 7:27:00 PM G'day Jennifer … another reason for kids to play with their food Jennifer. Catch you soon - Lindsay

Phyllis Babcock Date: 3/29/2019 11:43:00 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 Login to Reply Lindsay Laurie Date: 3/29/2019 5:37:00 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 Date: 3/26/2019 6:24:00 PM haha. Adorable poetry!! Login to Reply Lindsay Laurie Date: 3/29/2019 5:35:00 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 Date: 3/26/2019 6:18:00 PM Now that you have brought it up, Jan may find "Vowels in the Bowels" a subject worth exploring. . . . Aloha! Rico Login to Reply Lindsay Laurie Date: 3/29/2019 5:31:00 PM G'day Rico … I'll leave that up to you Rico - thanks Mate - Lindsay

Timothy Mcguire Date: 3/26/2019 4:59:00 PM Not likely Lindsay Login to Reply Lindsay Laurie Date: 3/29/2019 5:30:00 PM G'day Timothy … you're right Timothy. Let 'em sort 'emselves out in the stomach - catch you soon Timothy - Lindsay

Robert L. Hinshaw Date: 3/26/2019 11:52:00 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 Login to Reply Lindsay Laurie Date: 3/29/2019 5:28:00 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 Date: 3/26/2019 6:14:00 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. Login to Reply Lindsay Laurie Date: 3/29/2019 5:25:00 PM Hello M. L. … I think the eaters arrange themselves in my soup to read - eat me. Thanks for commenting M. L. - Lindsay

David Mchattie Date: 3/25/2019 11:52:00 PM I once bought french alphabet soup, was totally confused. Login to Reply Lindsay Laurie Date: 3/29/2019 5:24:00 PM G'day David … thanks for your comment. Never thought about Chinese, Japanese, Arabic etc. either David - catch you soon - Lindsay