Com-Posting

 THE VICTOR was a quarterback way back in college days,

And, though the years had passed, his neighbours still could be amazed,

Remembering his triumphs and the victories he’d won,

And grateful just to label him their city’s favourite son!

By THE VICTOR he was known and though he really didn’t press,

His neighbours bragged a lot to anyone I do confess…

THE VIC as he grew older, became somewhat conscious of

Just doing what he could for this old world that he loved,

Began a compost pit behind his house where he would add

The food scraps from his kitchen and any trimmings that he had,

But living by himself, he really didn’t produce much,

So he’d canvass the neighbourhood and take their scraps and such,

Each Saturday at 9, there’d be The VICTOR with his pail,

And folks would toss in spoiled scraps from meat to bread to kale…

A newly moved-in neighbour saw all this for the first time,

And asked the guy next door why folks would give a man their slime!

The man explained the offerings of the former braised or boiled,

One final thing he added, “To THE VICTOR goes the spoiled!”

(SNORT!)

Cause Mondays do get knocked a lot,
With poetry, we all besought
To try to make the week begin
With gentle thoughts,
Perhaps a grin?
So Karen, Charlotte, Mimi, me
Have crafted poems for you to see.
And now you’ve read what we have wrought…
Did we help?
Or did we not?

Next week will be my favourite things,

Hot Air Balloons will give us wings!

Thinking of joining us for Poetry Monday?

We'd love to welcome you!

Topics for the next few weeks 

(with a huge thank-you to Mimi, who comes up with so many of them!)...

Compost (May 29) Today!

Hot Air Balloons (June 5)

Red Roses (June 12)

Kissing (June 19)

Canoes (June 26)

Mirrors (July 3)

Teddy Bears (July 10)

Emojis (July 17)

Cousins (July 24)

Avocados (July 31)

Moonshine (August 7)

Roses (August 14)

Sea Monsters (August 21)

At the Beauty Parlour/Parlor (August 28)