All the boys and girls
run to her soft call;
Like a howling wind
is how it beckons,
they cannot resist;
Sweet lollipops
young lips tickle;
Saliva builds
for a gumdrop;
Enduring
the torment
like a champ;
Candy
will eat
kids.
Categories:
gumdrops, candy, childhood, horror, howl,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse
Gumdrops and Raindrops Nursery Rhyme
Raindrops patter in such sweet, sweet songs
How I love their song - to sing along.
Jelly beans bloom in the peppermint's lane
Cinnamon bear showers dance in my brain.
Sour cherry drops hang from Boston bean trees
Whistle pops toot a song for my breeze.
Root beer barrels jive with fruity dots
In storms hot tamales do turkey trots.
Splashing through my puddles of gumdrops green
Lollypop flowers make quite a scene.
Foil wrapped kisses sparkle like rain dews
Sweethearts and sweet tarts play peek-a-boo.
Drizzles rain down flat Necco wafers
I duck hard hail so like hard jaw breakers.
Sassafras sky pounds with taffy torrent rains
As sugar babies chant their sweet refrains.
Abracadabra jujubes appear
Licorice buttons and rock candy clear.
I turn my bumbershoot upside down
To catch tasty rain so I never frown.
3-28-23
Contest: Children Sing to Rhyme Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Eve Roper
Categories:
gumdrops, 12th grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Goody Goody Gum drops,
It was an expression of delight
When children saw this treat
Their eyes lit up like stars at night
The inventor Murray Taylor
Concocted this ice cream treat
That was bubble gum flavoured ice cream
Filled with gum drops. What a treat.
Over the years, Goody Gumdrops lost its favour,
But the expression Goody Goody Gumdrops
It is an adage of delight for us all to still savour.
Categories:
gumdrops, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme
... Spicy Gumdrops (Epulaeryu)
Chewy sugary gumdrops
Spicy enticements
Full-calorie confections
Zesty, sugar-snacks
Sweet, tantalizing
Delightful
Stop!
© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
January 28, 2010
Categories:
gumdrops, food
Form: Epulaeryu