Hapless Tom Turkey
Thanksgiving Day loomed for old Tom Turkey
Averting the feared axe seemed quite murky
So he made this soulful plea
I would much prefer that ye
Enjoyed a feast
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Categories:
tom turkey, humorous, thanksgiving,
Form: Limerick
Tom Turkey Evades the Axe Again
Tom Turkey's doom again was kept at bay
He wasn't picked for Thanksgiving entree
Hunkered down to keep his head
His pals were victims instead
Tom survived to live
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Categories:
tom turkey, humorous, thanksgiving,
Form: Limerick
Tom Turkey
Tom turkey my dear feathered friend
Beheaded, plucked naked to the end
The stuffing is mixed and oh so moist
Flipped on your side we shout and rejoice
We shall feast on your flesh and suckle your juice
Tom turkey you are not a duck or a goose
A dark and a light meat of your choice
Some like it dry some
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Categories:
tom turkey, holiday,
Form: Ballad
Tom Turkey Gave His All
Gobble gobble gob
Mister turkey broadbreast sings,
In the backyard pine.
"Turkey In The Straw."
What the heck! Why am I here?
Oh yes! Thanksgiving!
Wobbling to get here,
Old Tom took his sweet, good time.
Leaving chopping block!
Turkey in the Pine.
Surely today will be fine.
On veggies they dine.
Whole year soon goes by.
Old Tom in contented state.
Lets his safeguard down.
Who spied Tom
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Categories:
tom turkey, animals, food, holiday, imagination,
Form: Choka
Categories:
tom turkey, funny
Form: Rhyme
Now I Know Why They Call It Tom Turkey
Like a gizzard on a lizard,
Like a bill on a $1 duck buck,
Like a wallet whose use is forgotten,
Like the window with no glass
Some stuff just don't make sense,
And some people know no cents,
Like a meal without nutrition,
A roof unable to hold the rain,
Sometimes you know where you are,
Sometimes you're just insane
Like peanut butter
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Categories:
tom turkey, allegory, confusion, faith, history,
Form: Rhyme