Townhouse crackers
Is the best
Can they really past the test
You have shrunk so
Much in size
I don't think that was wise
But your rich flavor
Still stands
Because you're the best brand
Archie Bunker Loves Crackers
Crackers are white
what's not to love
Crackers are simple food
for simple minds
Archie sits in his chair
rants against liberals
races
and humanity
Some think he passed on
for every fool gone
another will appear
even from down under
Where hatred is running in high gear
Perhaps he's crackers
to embrace glitz
(to paraphrase Irving Berlin)
'Putin on the Ritz'
tho'
'Sometimes something is better than nothing'
went the writing on the wall
yet
'Too much of nothing'
(wrote the Zimmerman)
is really no good at all
and
'Everything comes to those who wait'
an optimist put in prose
but
Cole Porter said it best
when he wrote, 'Anything Goes'
Sound of burning fire crackers reminds me of a day
Light from burning fire crackers reminds me of a day
When you were her, joining the group with joy
I watched you from the sideline when your face light up pink
The smile that never faded till you were here
But the feeling engraved within me tells me to cry
I meet you in my dreams and always try to tell you
“I love you mother, you were so blue”
they have ruffled edges
yet they are still round
Ritz crackers, a tasty delight
with peanut butter and jelly
Honor me with your company at tea
Outdoors where the air is always free
A table awaits us on the railroad tracks
Have a seat facing me my good old friend
The 10:00 am bullet train is coming fast
It should arrive on time this time
Would you like some jam with crackers?
Don’t worry. Don’t look behind you
That sound you hear is your imagination
Thunder is normal this time of year
If you feel a draft just close your eyes
It will pass through you once upon a time
Impacts are funny like that
It is after ten. I fear a crash is near
Drink up while you can my friend
I’m sorry. Did I say crash?
Crackers is what I meant to say
Good day
When I was a kid and I got the croup,
My mama would make me chicken soup.
Then as a special treat just for me,
She'd add an animal cracker menagerie.
Animal crackers, oh, what fun,
Like Noah's ark, only one by one.
Dancin', and prancin', and jumpin' through hoops,
I had my very own circus right there in my soup.
There were all of the animals in the zoo,
A camel, a zebra, hippopotamus, too,
Monkeys and chimps doin' loop-the-loops,
All splishin' and splashin' around in my soup.
When a tiger, or lion, or grizzly bear
Would try to elude me, I didn't care.
I'd chase him around and around in my bowl,
'til I'd catch him, and bite him, and swallow him whole.
If your kids balk at vegetables, though they should
Eat lots of them because they're good,
The little dears' cooperation you can recoup,
Put veggie animal crackers in their soup.
Animal crackers, oh, what fun,
And even though my mama's gone,
And I no longer get the croup,
I still like animal crackers and chicken soup.
I wish my toenails were graham crackers
They would crumble instead of making holes in my shoes
I could eat the droppings
Or fashion them into a nice pie crust
They would be easier to clip and trim
I would not have to use the lawn clippers
I wish my toenails were graham crackers
Adventure is the beckon call
On land and on the seas
But nothing stands so strong and tall
Against crackers and cheese
I climbed the highest mountain range
Sometimes on hands and knees
The things that kept me seeking change
Were crackers and the cheese
Once on high seas tossed and thrown
And praying dear Lord please
The crew on deck began to moan
Without crackers and cheese
And so I tell you wanting rhyme
A parable to please
Through troubles you can still take time
To chew crackers and cheese
Some Goldfish Crackers
are good with tomato soup.
They add cheese flavor.
It's a great combination.
Why don't you try some today?
Twelve Voyagers in transit,
In the highways of Lokoja enroute Abuja,
One man wanted the natural breeze,
Another man wanted a treat to the ACs,
The others absolutely wanted nothing.
The first man got up, and
Slid the windows open,
After a minute calm,
The other man got up, and
Slid the windows shut,
The former got up, sterned, and
Engaged the the latter in a duel.
The third man sprang from
The crowd of others with his want,
To each of the others, he said,
Here, have some cabbages,
I pray you in earnest,
Like whatever be my want,
He smarted, and hollered,
I want the windows shut, and
The ACs off, however,
We shall tell to the will of the Masses,
Who are the men on my side?
Turn off the ACs, and shut the windows,
The others chanted with glee.
You are so yummy
For my tummy
That I substitute you for corn flakes
Served with milk and chopped
Bananas for my breakfast
You are so yummy
For my tummy
That I replace you for bread
Using ham and cheese for
The center, you are my lunch
You are so yummy
For my tummy
That I have you for dinner
You’re toss in with
A chef salad, I break
You up and mixed together
You taste so good
Sunshine hi-ho you’re the best
You’re good for everything
And any occasion
I went with gran to feed the hungry ducks
they went quackers
pecking at
the chunks
of
bread
I’d thrown
into the
azure water -
I’ll visit again soon my feathered friends!
Image 1 used as prompt
Double Tetractys Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Eve Roper
08/11/20
Mmm!
I ate a Cracker!
Crackers taste good!
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hens roost on silver silk
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