Parody of Up On The Housetop
Out in the garden flowers grow
but, its winter and there's snow.
Inside the oven cookies bake
all for the little ones to take!
Chomp chomp chomp this is good!
Chomp chomp chomp this is good!
Out in the garden flowers grow,
but, its winter and there's snow.
Out from the 'Chop Shop,' breaking laws,
"Speed bumps, Hoods!" Scold Grand Mamas,
Found with the blacksmith made lots of noise,
Served an acquittal now kissing boys,
First comes the stocking of little Nell
Wait cause Grand Mas legs still swell,
Next comes the stocking of little Will
Oh, it's filled to its brim with swill
Oh, oh, no! "I" - "da" - "ho?"
Oh, oh, no! "O" - "hi" - "o?"
Get up it's nonstop, quick, quick, quick
Down to the car and without this chick!
Big Orange was a housecat gone wild
He'd eat my cat's food then he smiled
No more do I leave food out
He no longer has clout
He came back with wife and stepchild
Big Dog Great Pyrenees from next door
Said, "Cats one species I abhor".
Now they're three on the housetop
Where they are sure to eavesdrop
They surely lack grace and candor
They will hear everything I bark
Share the information with lark
Big Orange from his position
Hired a famous musician
Now they rock gossip out of the park!
Written: November 28, 2022
Contest: Children's Limerick
Sponsor: Eve Roper
I know silly, nonsensical work.
Repeat The Sounding Joy, Little Drummer Boy.
Up on the housetop 4 calling birds sing,
Why does she wear 5 golden rings?
Jack Frost will nip at the famous nose that's red,
then sticky canes and gingerbread.
In fairyland snow underneath mistletoe,
she wishes for chilly kisses, but will he show?
Three french hens greet Emanuel, whispering to him, "Joyeux Noel."
Silverbell dreams of little girls and boys,
figgy pudding, Kris Kringle toys.
My true love sent to me a jingle bell melody
of chestnuts roasting and eggnog toasting
under a Christmas tree.
Repeat The Sounding Joy Little Drummer Boy,
and play your drum for him, a joyous hymn.
Celestial beings will sing, Welcome to the New Born King,
the world's great glorious blessing.
RA POP PA PA PA POM
My bonny blooms, grew up to the housetop.
When I watered them daily, they grew nonstop!
They rose very fast, for they love orange sun,
So red, gold and pink, and loved by everyone!
The birds sit high singing, thinking they are trees,
Bouncing on my bonny blooms, in a warm breeze.
Purple butterflies fly higher, just to see them all.
My garden's pretty now, like a bright blue ball!
Written on April 11, 2021
For: Nursery Rhyme 4 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Eve Roper
The Raven
Black pigmented ink
Circle my frame
Charcoal
My melanin
Fierce as the raven
Perched upon a housetop
In its black attire
Regal and justified
Jet as ebony,
Timber from a tropical tree
Molasses is my honey
I knead with the night
And scare the limited of mind
More precious than the Tahitian pearl
A lantern at midnight
My soil shall keep my garden
Fruitful and multiplied
Marckincia Jean
Free verse
08/21/19
My righteousness comes, from Jesus Christ
Who bled and died the perfect price
Shout it from the housetop, beat the drums
From Jesus Christ, my righteousness comes
My self-righteousness, but filthy rags
Doing right and good sorely lags
'Twas revealed to me in quietness
But filthy rags, my righteousness
Upon the rugged cross at Calvary
Christ died to restore earth's anarchy
In our hearts we must not toss
At Calvary, upon the rugged cross
That horrible death, the bloody scene
The self-righteous haters sorely mean
Crucify Him, escaped upon their breath
The bloody scene, that horrible death
To crucify Him with my thoughts
Help dear Jesus to clean these spots
Let every thought be a hymn, not
With my thoughts to crucify Him
Sponsor: Carol Connell
Contest: Swap Meet Poetry Contest
Written: April 13, 2014
Theme: Righteousness
ON THAT DAY, A PERSON WHO IS ON THE HOUSETOP AND WHOOSE BELONGINGS ARE IN THE HOUSE MUST NOT GO DOWNTO GET THEM, AND LIKEWISE A PERSON IN THE FIELD MUST NOT RETURN TO WHAT WAS LEFT BEHIND LUKE 17:31
A FRIEND FORWARDED me a silly “chain” email recently that read
“If your house caught fire
You only had time to grab one thing before getting out to safety
What would it be?
I believe it offered the stipulation that your family could all get out on their own
The point of this guery was to help you gauge what one material object
Holds the most meaning for you
A photo album? A computer? A piece of jewelry?
The point of this Gospel passage is that when the choice is between God and anything else there should be no contest
If we are too bogged down with our stuff
Whether those material objects
Interior anxieties or superficial glitz
We could miss the ways God is inviting us
To be agents for creating better world
Try to set aside all distractions for an hour or two
See what you are missing!
Readings
Gospel
Wisdom 13:1-9 * Psalm 19:2-5
Luke 17:26-37
Ground, trees, housetop white
Children sliding down the hill
Horse carriage, bells ring
For the contest: **SN*O*W**
For: SKAT*
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