Best Spud Poems

Marry Your Best Friend To Get the Best of Both Worlds

Not many can claim they met their spouse in a battle of wits
much less the...

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Franky was seven and having a party
He told all his school-mates, except for Spud Carty
And once they had heard that Spud wasn't invited
All of them...

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Crazy Mick the Irishman, with trademark bike and overcoat,
wheeling his way back into town, classed as a tarnished silly goat.
His hair was long and curly;...

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There was a new potato that had just been harvest born
On opening his eyes a rooster crowed its horn.
He had grown rather quickly and grown...

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The eyes fit into little holes;
The nose, ears, mouth do, too.
Of course, you have some choices
But not more than just a few.

The parts are made...

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In the Forest, I stood straight and tall;
King of all I did survey;
Achoring soil;cleansing air;giving shade;
And doing other good works every day.

Ho! Yonder comes the...

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It’s time! 
Spud,
You’re unearthed,	
Exposed,
Don’t go all mushy,
I love your style,
Thinking about you,
Taste buds dance,
My little French fry,
Attractively dishy,
You’re quite a meal,
Deep-fried and hot,
To think dear,
Once...

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tank filled with green crud
on the bottom like a spud…
goldfish was a dud...

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Back in the day when kids could just play
Without the fear of being stolen away,
We would be out at almost first light
Only in for our...

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A young potato put his jacket on,
Going out for some dance and song,
All the girls hearts skipped a beat
Upon seeing Spud and his dancing feet,
He...

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Nancy and Lyle are friends of mine. They had both been widowed. When they married it was very obvious that they were meant to be...

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To Sparky, With Love

Sparky, you died of a heart attack today,
You died in my arms, on the way to the vet.
I tried to save you,...

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Tim went to the Bovington Tank Festival...

baking in hot sun
spud boy wargasms like blitzkrieg
contemplating tanks

injustice of war ice cream
chocolate shrapnel sprinkled...

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The Terrible Ghastly Beastliness of
"THE POTATO CADAVER UNDEAD REVIVAL" (sonnet)
The Potato of Terror, April 24th 2002

They dug him up with a great pointed spade,
Awoke him...

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Ok, it’s time to talk potato 
One of nature’s finest
Within the vegetable  kingdom
Considered….His Royal Highness
 
A versatile, varied vegetable
Available and loved by most
So many...

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