Best Turnips Poems

healthy turnip greens
fall's bountiful garden reaped...
live lady bug floats ...

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Triumphant he eats greens

Tooting his trumpet proud

Tearfully I gathered

Them, my back ached, tender

Tendons, twisted muscles

Those greens were cooked well done

Thank you, no not a one  

Date: 4/26/2021
Contest: Pleiades T
Sponsor: Kim Merrymen

1Triumphant he eats greens 6

2Tooting his trumpet proud 6
3Tearfully I gathered 6
4Them, my back...

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At the mere mention of a turnip, people go yuck
I love 'em, it's a delicacy, I can't get enough
Love a bowl full
Not pulling the wool
Over anyone's eyes, but convincing would be tough...

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Gnirps, Syrups and Turnips

Guess what Gnirps are or is?

Two gnus had meet two gnirps
Had burps and tried many syrups
By time problem was final solved;
Eat no more gnirps they resolved;
Found success after eating turnips.

Jim Horn

Gnarrs and gnarls came up
for gnirps. Have you figured 
out gnirps are...

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What is hungry that
These turnips
Shall be fattened
With bacon. This
Spoke the troll
he gathered turnips
from Onsager s  garden.
Breadcrumbs shall
atop this au gratin
With bacon , pumpkin
from Onsager s mystery
Garden He was angry
because Ole Onsager
Put fatback in front
Of the bacon hiding it
from the Scrooges and
Mizzers. But me Jack
the...

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What is hungry that
These turnips
Shall be fattened
With bacon. This
Spoke the troll
he gathered turnips
from Onsager s  garden.
Breadcrumbs shall
atop this au gratin
With bacon , pumpkin
from Onsager s mystery
Garden He was angry
because Ole Onsager
Put fatback in front
Of the bacon hiding it
from the Scrooges and
Mizzers. But me Jack
the...

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What is hungry that
These turnips
Shall be fattened
With bacon. This
Spoke the troll
he gathered turnips
from Onsager s  garden.
Breadcrumbs shall
atop this au gratin
With bacon , pumpkin
from Onsager s mystery
Garden He was angry
because Ole Onsager
Put fatback in front
Of the bacon hiding it
from the Scrooges and
Mizzers. But me Jack
the...

Continue reading...